Complex sentence: Not long after completion, 60 residents petitioned the Bishop of Ripon complaining about Curate Raby and his allocation of pews and other abuses by his' masterful hand exercised by the incumbent over the church and disregard by him of all rights of individuals.
Split into simpler sentences: Not long after completion, sixty residents petitioned the Bishop of Ripon complaining about Curate Raby. They complained about his allocation of pews and other abuses by his' masterful hand exercised by the incumbent over the church and disregard by him of all rights of individuals.