Complex sentence: The first bishop appointed by the King was Paul Bush, formerly master of the Bonshommes at Edyngton in Wiltshire, an Augustinian Canon known as both a scholar and a poet.
Split into simpler sentences: The first bishop appointed by the King was Paul Bush, formerly master of the Bonshommes at Edyngton in Wiltshire. Himself an Augustinian Canon and known as both a scholar and a poet.