Complex sentence: Hayward, or "hedge warden", was an officer of an English parish dating from the Middle Ages in charge of fences and enclosures; also, a herdsman in charge of cattle and other animals grazing on common land.
Split into simpler sentences: Hayward, or "hedge warden", was an an officer of an English parish dating from the Middle Ages in charge of fences and enclosures. Also, a herdsman in charge of cattle and other animals grazing on common land.