Complex sentence: Dodwell retired to Shottesbrooke in Berkshire to be near his friend, Francis Cherry, and, living on the produce of a small estate in Ireland, he devoted himself to the study of chronology and ecclesiastical polity, providing a defence of the deprived nonjuring bishops.
Split into simpler sentences: Dodwell retired to Shottesbrooke in Berkshire to be near his friend, Francis Cherry. Living on the produce of a small estate in Ireland, he devoted himself to the study of chronology and ecclesiastical polity, providing a defence of the deprived nonjuring bishops.