 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Taunton Castle yakanga yawira mukuparadzwa na 1600 asi yakagadziridzwa mukati meHondo yeVanhu. Taunton yakanga yabatwa neuto reParamende raiva pasi paEarl weEssex muna June 1644 zvichiita kuti ive nzvimbo chete yeParamende kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kwenyika. Pashure pokunge uto raEssex rakamanikidzwa kuzviisa pasi paLostwithielmuCornwall muna September, vaRoyalist vakaramba vakakomba Taunton. Kubva muna Chikunguru 1644 kusvika muna Chikunguru 1645 mauto eParamende aitungamirirwa naColonel Robert Blake akakombwa nemauto eMadzimambo aitungamirirwa naIshe Goring, kunyangwe guta racho rakapfupikiswa naSir William Waller mukupera kwaNovember. Chikwata chaiva pasi paColonel Ralph Weldon chakasvika kuTaunton musi wa11 May, asi mauto akabatana akanga achiri kukombwa. Mauto maviri aya akaramba aripo kusvikira rubatsiro rwauya musi wa 14 Chikumi mushure mekunge mauto aponeswa kubva kuHondo yeNaseby. 