Complex sentence: The father also arranged for the youth's apprenticeship in at least one mercantile house, and bequeathed him the substantial sum of £1,000 and other bequests in his will.
Split into simpler sentences: The father also arranged for the youth's apprenticeship in at least one mercantile house. He bequeathed him the substantial sum of £1,000 and made other bequests in his will.