Complex sentence: Sir Richard Newdigate approached gun manufacurers in the town in 1689 with the notion of supplying the British Government with small arms, it was stressed that they would need to be of high enough calibre to equal the small arms that were manufactured and imported from abroad.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir Richard Newdigate approached manufacturers in the town in 1689 with the notion of supplying the British Government with small arms. It was stressed that they would need to be of high enough calibre to equal the small arms that were imported from abroad.