Complex sentence: Although severely penalized, they refused to subscribe to the government until it had received royal sanction, suggesting a family tendency to conform to the established order, which may have had led to Timothy's subsequent conversion to the Church of England.
Split into simpler sentences: Although severely penalized, they refused to subscribe to the government until it had received royal sanction. His ancestors'tendency to conform to the established order suggests a reason for Timothy's subsequent conversion to the Church of England.