Complex sentence: The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Englishcombe was held by Nigel de Gournay, who would have won his lands in Englishcombe, Twerton, Swainswick and Barrow Gurney by fighting for William I of England.
Split into simpler sentences: The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Englishcombe was held by Nigel de Gournay. Nigel would have won his lands in Englishcombe, Twerton, Swainswick and Barrow Gurney by fighting for William I of England.