Hondo yakapfuurira pasina chisarudzo mumakore maviri akatevera, uye Henrietta Maria akadzokera kuBritain kwemwedzi 17 kubva muna February 1643. Pashure pokunge Rupert atora Bristol muna July 1643, Charles akashanyira guta rechiteshi chengarava ndokukomba Gloucester, kumusoro kwerwizi Severn. Zano rake rokuparadza masvingo eguta rakakundikana nemhaka yokunaya kwemvura zhinji, uye pakusvika kwesimba rokuyamura raparamende, Charles akasimudza kukomba ndokubva kuSudeley Castle. Hondo yeparamende yakadzokera kuLondon, uye Charles akatanga kuvatevera. Mauto maviri aya akasangana paNewbury, Berkshire, musi wa20 September. Sezvakangoita paEdgehill, hondo
Vakanga vasisagoni kuita chinhu usiku, uye mauto acho akarega kurwisana. Muna Ndira 1644, Charles akadana Paramende kuOxford, iyo yaipindwa nenhengo dzinosvika makumi mana nenhengo zana nemakumi masere nesere dzeCommons; zvese zvataurwa, Paramende yeOxford, iyo yakagara kusvika Kurume 1645, yakatsigirwa nevazhinji vezera uye chinenge chetatu cheCommons. Charles akaodzwa mwoyo nokusaita basa kwegungano racho, achiriidza kuti "mhombwe" mutsamba dzomunhu oga kumudzimai wake.