 In August 1556, Denys failed to honour two payments to the Crown, one of 1,000 marks and one of £579, so was forced to pledge his manor of Burton in Gloucestershire, and in February 1557 he sold other estates around Bristol.Denys was pardoned and rehabilitated by Queen Elizabeth I in January 1559 and began to resume his career.In November 1562 Denys was at Portsmouth to pay soldiers and may have remained there.