Complex sentence: Hugh Oldham was a son of Roger Oldham and his wife Margery who were, the evidence suggests, minor gentry who lived at Ancoats, which at the time was a village in North West England, but is now an inner city area of Manchester.
Split into simpler sentences: Hugh Oldham was a son of Roger Oldham and his wife Margery who were probably minor gentry. They lived at Ancoats, which at the time was a village in North West England, but is now an inner city area of Manchester.