Complex sentence: The story says that when Towshend discovered that his wife had committed adultery with Lord Wharton he punished her by locking her in her rooms in the family home, Raynham Hall, and never allowed her to leave it, not even to see her children.
Split into simpler sentences: The story says that when Towshend discovered that his wife had committed adultery with Lord Wharton he punished her by locking her in her rooms in the family home, Raynham Hall. She invited Dorothy over to stay for a few days knowing that her husbund and never allowed her to leave it, not even to see her children.