Complex sentence: On the death of his stepmother in 1587 he received his inheritance, and finally succeeded in selling his office in the late 1580s, and he retired to his family lands in Alvingham in Lincolnshire.
Split into simpler sentences: On the death of his stepmother in 1587 he received his inheritance. He finally succeeded in selling his office in the late 1580s, and retired to his family lands in Alvingham in Lincolnshire.