Complex sentence: He practised for a time as a barrister in England and was defendant in a lawsuit about land in Fenton Calvert, Stafford, three miles from Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Queen Elizabeth I's time.
Split into simpler sentences: He practised for a time as a barrister in England. He was defendant in a lawsuit about land in Fenton Calvert, Stafford, three miles from Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Queen Elizabeth I's time.