Complex sentence: He was reputed to be "a man learned in the law": no doubt for this reason, unusually for a cleric at the time he became Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) and Solicitor General in 1511.
Split into simpler sentences: He was reputed to be "a man learned in the law". Unusually for a cleric at the time he became Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) and Solicitor General in 1511.