Complex sentence: When a lodger in Hare's house died, he turned to his friend Burke for advice and the two decided to sell the body to Knox; they received what was, to them, a generous sum of £7 10s.
Split into simpler sentences: When a lodger in Hare's house died, he turned to his friend Burke for advice and they decided to sell the body to Knox. They received what was, for them, the generous sum of £7 10s.