Complex sentence: In 1965 his father had bequeathed him a 1000-acre estate and the ruins of a manor house, Fir Hill Manor, in Cornwall, England, but, according to the Official Solicitor, John failed to take up the inheritance.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1965 his father had bequeathed him a 1000-acre estate and the ruins of a manor house, Fir Hill Manor, in Cornwall, England. According to the Official Solicitor, John failed to take up the inheritance.