Complex sentence: Kenyon p.35 There is little doubt that this was simply a device to save the family estates, which seems to have succeeded; although his father was charged with recusancy in 1680, the charge was quickly dropped.
Split into simpler sentences: Kenyon p.35 There is little doubt that this was simply a device to save the family estates. The ploy seems to have succeeded; although his father was charged with recusancy in 1680, the charge was quickly dropped.