Complex sentence: This institution survived the general suppression of monasteries and buildings of its cast, during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI; and after alternately grading from the possession of private families to that of brothers belonging to the establishment.
Split into simpler sentences: This institution survived the general suppression of monasteries and buildings of its cast, during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. Afterward, it alternated between the possession of private families and that of brothers belonging to the establishment.