Complex sentence: Barnabe Barnes (c.1568 or 1569--1609), English poet, fourth son of Dr Richard Barnes, bishop of Durham, was born in Yorkshire, perhaps at Stonegrave, a living of his father's, in 1568 or 1569.
Split into simpler sentences: Barnabe Barnes (c.1568 or 1569--1609), was an English poet. The fourth son of Dr Richard Barnes, bishop of Durham, he was born in Yorkshire, perhaps at Stonegrave, a living of his father's, in 1568 or 1569.