Complex sentence: He was knighted by Charles I on his visit to Hereford in 1645.He him self besieged Brampton Bryan Castle, home of his distant kinsman, the Harley Family (Later Earls of Oxford).
Split into simpler sentences: He was knighted by Charles I on his visit to Hereford in 1645. He himself besieged Brampton Bryan Castle, home of his distant kinsman, the Harley Family (later Earls of Oxford).