 This was taken as a declaration of his break with Parliament and on 23 August the House of Lords ordered his arrest.After a delay during which Bourchier continued to recruit for the rayal cause in Devon, at 11 pm on 28 September 1642 Bourchier was peaceably arrested at home in Tawstock Court by the parliamentarian Captain Dewett and his troop of horse.He was immediately imprisoned in the Tower of London.