 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Charles I akagara nhaka yokugara muScotland yakavakirwa pakugadzikana kwakadzikama pakati pedzidziso dzeCalvinist nemitoo yebhishopi. Asina kutonga kwezvamatongerwe enyika kwababa vake, akavamba kuvhiringidza ikoku kupfurikidza nokutamira kunzvimbo dzine ngozi zvikuru. Asingafariri kureruka kwebasa reScotland iye, pamwe chete naMbhishopi wake Mukuru weCanterbury, William Laud, vakatsvaka kuunza rudzi rwomuitiro wamarudzidziso unoshandiswa muEngland. Chinhu chikuru chenzira itsva iyi chaiva Bhuku reMinyengetero ra1637, shanduro yakagadziridzwa zvishoma yeBhuku reMinyengetero Yakawanda reAnglican. Kunyange zvazvo izvi zvakagadzirwa neboka revabhishopi vokuScotland, kusimbirira kwaCharles kuti rinyorwe pachivande uye ribvumirwe risingaoneki kwakatungamirira kusagutsikana kwakapararira. Bhuku reMinyengetero parakapedzisira kuiswa paSt Giles Cathedral muEdinburgh pakati pa1637 rakakonzera mhirizhonga, iyo, kutanga naJenny Geddes, yakapararira muScotland yose. Pakuvamba muna 1638 National Covenant yakasainwa nenhamba huru yevaScotland, vachipokana nokuiswa kweBhuku reMinamato nezvimwe zvitsva zvomutambo izvo zvakanga zvisina kutanga kuedzwa nokubvumirwa neParamende dzakasununguka neGeneral Assemblies dzeChechi. Muna November 1638, General Assembly muGlasgow, yokutanga kusangana kwamakore makumi maviri, haina kungotaura chete kuti Bhuku reMunyengetero harisi pamutemo, asi yakaenderera mberi kubvisa basa rebhishopi rimene. Chechi yeScotland yakabva yaumbwa pachishandiswa dzidziso dzevaPresbyterian. Kuedza kwaCharles kupikisa izvi kwakaguma nokutanga kweHondo dzevaBhishopi. Muhondo dzevagari vemo dzakatevera, vaScot Covenanters pane imwe nguva vakaita nharo dzakafanana nemaparamende echiNgezi, zvichiguma nokubvumirana kwavose vari vaviri paConfession of Faith yeWestminster. Gwaro iri rinoramba riri mwero wakaderera weChechi yeScotland, asi rakatsiviwa muEngland pashure pokuDzorerwa. 