Complex sentence: Nathaniel was the only son of their many children, and received an education at Cambridge University, went on a grand tour of Europe under the tutelage of John Ray, as well as studied law at Gray's Inn.
Split into simpler sentences: Nathaniel was the only son of their many children, and received an education at Cambridge University. He went on a grand tour of Europe under the tutelage of John Ray, as well as studied law at Gray's Inn.