 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 Chivabvu, akakuvadzwa paFirst Newbury munaGunyana uye akasimudzirwa kuita colonel nguva pfupi yapfuura. Akatungamirira chikwata chevarwi paCheriton muna Kurume 1644 uye panguva yechiitiko chiri kumadokero akatungamirira brigade kana tercio paCropredy Bridge, Lostwithiel uye Second Newbury. 