Complex sentence: He returned home following the "pacification of Berwick" in June and by March 1640 was Recorder to Plympton St. Maurice and was elected to represent the borough in the "Short Parliament".
Split into simpler sentences: He returned home following the "pacification of Berwick" in June and by March 1640 was Recorder to Plympton St. Maurice. He was elected to represent the borough in the "Short Parliament".