Complex sentence: In 1125 Henry I gave the parish to the Abbot and Brethren of Battle Abbey and in 1197 Battle granted possession of considerable land to Sir Michael de Appeltrieham, Sheriff of Sussex.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1125 Henry I gave the parish to the Abbot and Brethren of Battle Abbey. In 1197 Battle granted possession to Sir Michael de Appeltrieham, Sheriff of Sussex.