Complex sentence: In 1568 the lord of the manor of Freeby was Edward, 3rd Earl of Rutland and thirty years later the manor passed to Thomas Hartopp of that ancient family of Leicestershire.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1568 the lord of the manor of Freeby was Edward, 3rd Earl of Rutland. Thirty years later the manor passed to Thomas Hartopp of that ancient family of Leicestershire.