Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yakin ya ci gaba da rashin tabbas a cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, kuma Henrietta Maria ya koma Biritaniya na tsawon watanni 17 daga Fabrairu 1643. Bayan Rupert ya kama Bristol a watan Yulin 1643, Charles ya ziyarci garin tashar jiragen ruwa kuma ya kewaye Gloucester, har zuwa kogin Severn. Shirye-shiryensa na lalata ganuwar birni ya gaza saboda ruwan sama mai yawa, kuma a kan tsarin taimakon majalisar, Charles ya ɗaga kewaye kuma ya koma Sudeley Castle. Sojojin majalisa sun juya zuwa London, kuma Charles ya fara bin su. Sojojin biyu sun hadu a Newbury, Berkshire, a ranar 20 ga Satumba. Kamar yadda yake a Edgehill, yakin
A lokacin da dare ya yi, rundunonin suka janye. A cikin Janairu 1644, Charles ya kira majalisa a Oxford, wanda kimanin mutane 40 suka halarta da kuma mambobi 118 na Commons; duk sun ce, Majalisar Dokokin Oxford, wanda ya zauna har zuwa Maris 1645, ya goyi bayan mafi yawan 'yan takara da kusan kashi uku na Commons. Charles ya zama abin takaici game da rashin tasirin taron, yana kiransa "ƙungiya" a cikin wasiƙun sirri ga matarsa.