Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lisle akapedza makore matatu anotevera neRoyalist field army yakavakirwa muOxford, pakutanga saLieutenant-Colonel wemaDragons pasi paArthur Aston. Akatora rutivi muHondo yeEdgehill yaOctober 1642 uye akawana mukurumbira nokuda kwoushingi nokuvimbika, anonzi akaramba kupfeka nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo pane imwe nguva kuti asimbise varume vake. Muna 1643, akarwa paChalgrove muna May, akakuvadzwa paFirst Newbury
muna September uye akasimudzirwa kuva colonel nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Akatungamira chikwata chevarwi paCheriton muna Kurume 1644 uye panguva yemushandirapamwe kumadokero akatungamira brigade kana tercio paCropredy Bridge, Lostwithiel neChipiri Newbury.