Ka cika wannan jumla: Ko da yake Charles ya naɗa shi shugaban rundunar soja a Arewacin Ingila, Rich ya goyi bayan Majalisar a farkon Yaƙin Basasa na Turanci na Farko a watan Agusta 1642. Mutane da yawa a bangarorin biyu sun yi tsammanin wani ɗan gajeren rikici ba tare da zubar da jini ba kuma sun yi mamakin asarar da aka yi a Edgehill a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1642. A farkon shekara ta 1643, Rich ya yi ƙoƙari ya shawo kan dan uwansa kuma kwamandan sojojin Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl na Essex don tilasta Majalisar yin zaman lafiya; lokacin da wannan ya kasa, sai ya koma ga Royalists a Oxford. Ko da yake a halin yanzu
Newbury a watan Satumba, Charles ya bi da shi ba tare da damuwa ba kuma ya koma Westminster a watan Nuwamba, in ji shi saboda ya yi tsayayya da "Cessation" da Royalists a Ireland suka tattauna tare da Catholic Confederation.