Complex sentence: It was King Edward III and the Black Prince who defeated the Spanish in Rye Bay in 1350 in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer Queen Elizabeth I gave the town the right to use the title "Rye Royal" following a visit in 1573.
Split into simpler sentences: It was King Edward III and the Black Prince who defeated the Spanish in Rye Bay in 1350 in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer. But it was Queen Elizabeth I gave the town the right to use the title "Rye Royal" following a visit in 1573.