Complex sentence: The manor of Sidlesham was conferred by the Saxon monarch Cædwalla on Saint Wilfred, as a portion of his gift to the see of Selsey, and was held in 1086 by the Bishop of Chichester in demesne and assessed at 12 hides.
Split into simpler sentences: The manor of Sidlesham was conferred by the Saxon monarch Cædwalla on Saint Wilfred, as a portion of his gift to the see of Selsey. In 1086, according to the Domesday Book it was held by the Bishop of Chichester in demesne and assessed at 12 hides.