Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da yakin basasa na Ingila na farko ya fara a watan Agusta 1642, Bard ya shiga cikin Pinchbeck's Regiment, wani ɓangare na sojojin arewacin Royalist da ke York. A watan Fabrairun 1643, Sarauniya Henrietta Maria ta sauka a Bridlington tare da manyan kayan makamai da aka saya a Jamhuriyar Holland don jigilar su zuwa babban birnin yakin basasa na Oxford. A ranar 16 ga Mayu, Bard da Pinchbeck sun isa Oxford tare da jigilar barbashi; rundunarsu ta yi yaƙi a Farko Newbury
a watan Satumba, inda Pinchbeck ya ji rauni sosai kuma daga baya ya mutu daga raunin da ya yi a watan Janairu 1644.