Complex sentence: On the promotion of Guy Carleton to the see of Bristol, Smith was instituted dean of Carlisle (4 March 1671--2), He succeeded Edward Rainbowe as bishop in 1684 (consecrated 19 June), and died at Rose Castle on 12 April 1702.
Split into simpler sentences: On the promotion of Guy Carleton to the see of Bristol, Smith was instituted dean of Carlisle (4 March 1671--2). The Letters of George Davenport, 1651-1677 He succeeded Edward Rainbowe as bishop in 1684 (consecrated 19 June), and died at Rose Castle on 12 April 1702.