Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịbụ onye kpuo ìsì nwa oge site na mgbawa mgbe Lansdowne gasịrị, Hopton kwadoro dị ka ọchịagha Royalist na West, mere Baron Hopton nke Stratton, na gọvanọ nke Bristol. N'ọnwa Septemba, a kwetara na Prince Rupert ga-aga London, ebe Hopton ga-aga Hampshire na Sussex, nke ụlọ ọrụ ígwè ha bụ isi ihe agha nke nzuko omeiwu. Otú ọ dị, e nyochara Rupert na
Newbury na 20 Septemba, na agbanyeghị na Hopton ruru Winchester na Nọvemba, egbochighị ya ịga n'ihu.