Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rushworth akatevera kutungamira kwaJohn Pym, uyo, mukutaura muImba yeVazhinji musi wa17 Kubvumbi 1640, akarwisa Mambo nehurumende yake nekuda kwematambudziko ari munyika. Mushure mekutanga kweHondo yeVanhu, Rushworth se "mutori wenhau akabatanidzwa" akatevera hondo dzeEdge Hill (1642), Newbury (1643)
uye 1644), Marston Moor (1644) uye Naseby (1645). Muna 1645 akava munyori waThomas Fairfax, mutungamiriri mukuru weNew Model Army. Apo Charles I akabatwa, Rushworth akavamba kunyora udzame hwezvinoitika zvinotungamirira, mukati uye pashure pokuedzwa nokuurawa kwamambo. Akashuma Hondo yePreston (1648) uye Hondo yeWorcester (1651).