Complex sentence: From the first the shrine of Our Lady was a famous place of pilgrimage and the faithful came from all parts of England and the continent until the destruction of the priory by King Henry VIII in 1538.
Split into simpler sentences: From the first this shrine of Our Lady was a famous place of pilgrimage. Hither came the faithful from all parts of England and from the continent until the destruction of the priory by King Henry VIII in 1538.