Complex sentence: The rolls record that in 1397 Howell de Rowell passed it to John Le Sergant, little is known of the family possibly a retainer of Edward 1st or Reginald de Grey, probably of Norman French decent.
Split into simpler sentences: The rolls record that, in 1397, Howell de Rowell passed it to John Le Sergant. Little is known of the family-possibly a retainer of Edward 1st or Reginald de Grey, probably of Norman French decent.