Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 16 January 1643, Thomas, Ishe Grey weGrooby akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri mukuru wesangano reMidland Counties uye ipapo akarayirwa kuti atarisire Nottingham zvikuru mukati meHondo yeCivil yechipiri. Akatora dzimbahwe ikoko muna June 1643, aine uto revarume vanenge 6 000. Mutsamba yaakanyorera mwanakomana wake Thomas, yomusi wa5 March 1643, Henry Grey (baba vaThomas) anorondedzera hondo yokutsvaira nyika yacho, achipfuura nomumaguta akadai seLutterworth, Hinckley, Barwell, Lichfield, uye Newark. Musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu 1643, kuAylesbury, akabatana naEarl weEssex mukufamba kunobvisa Gloucester. Pashure pokunge kukombwa kwabviswa, akarwa pa
hondo yokutanga yeNewbury iyo akagamuchira kuonga nokuda kwayo. Muna 1644, akawana kuonga kukuru nokuda kwokuderedzwa kwenzvimbo muDerbyshire. Ipapo akabva muLeicester nemhaka yokusanzwisisana asi, muna 1645, akakumbirwa kudzoka kuzosangana nehondo youmambo. Muna 1648, Ishe Grey akaunganidza mauto muLeicestershire. Mushure mokukundwa kwevaScotland paPreston, akatevera Duke weHamilton nebhiza rake kuenda kuUttoxeter uye akatora mbiri yekubatwa kwake, kunyange zvazvo Duke Hamilton akataura kuti akazvipa. Kusvikira muna August, Grey akabata mabasa akasiyana-siyana mumasoja. Muna 1651, akatumwa kunotsvaka vanhu vanozvipira pamwe nekomisheni yemutungamiriri mukuru mumatunhu eLeicester, Nottingham, Northampton neRutland, kuzosangana neScotland. Muna September, Sir Edward Massie akazviisa kuna Ishe Grey pashure pehondo yeWorcester.