Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo yeVanhu Muchinda Rupert neCavaliers yake vakazorora paLambourn pausiku hwa18 na19 Gunyana 1643, pakati pekurwa neParliamentarian Army paAldbourne Chase musi wa18 uye Hondo Yekutanga yeNewbury
musi wa20. Mambokadzi Henrietta Maria akagara paKingswood House musi wa 18 Kubvumbi 1644 munzira kuenda kuExeter, mushure mekunge ataura zororo rekupedzisira kumurume wake Mambo Charles I mazuva mashoma apfuura kuOxford. Kingswood yakanga iri imba yaElizabethan iyo yakaparadzwa kare kare uye yakatsiviwa neimba yazvino yeKingswood House Stables. Musi wa9 Mbudzi 1644 Mambo Charles neRoyalist Army vakasunungura Donnington Castle pakatarisana neHondo yeEastern Association inotungamirwa naEarl weManchester naOliver Cromwell. Shure kwaizvozvo akabva aenda kuLambourn ndokugara mu "The King's Chamber" paKingswood House, apo maRoyalist infantry aive muLambourn uye maCavalry kuWantage. Mutungamiriri weScout weParamende Sir Samuel Luke akashuma kuti "Muvhuro. 11 November 1644. Usiku hwapfuura dzimbahwe ramambo rakanga riri paWantage neLamborne... tsoka dzose dzakanga dziri paLamborne dzakabva mangwanani ano dzakananga kuAuborne".