Complex sentence: Travers was active in the Commons in 1641, especially in pressing home the attack on Strafford: like most Irish MPs, he seems to have believed that once Stafford was destroyed, the King and Parliament would be able to reach a compromise.
Split into simpler sentences: Travers was active in the Commons in 1641, especially in pressing home the attack on Strafford. Like most Irish MPs, he seems to have believed that once Stafford was destroyed, the King and Parliament would be able to reach a compromise.