Rous was thereafter suspended both from the council table, his offices in militia training and his duties at Fort Henry until he acknowledged his fault.
The Providence Island Company overruled Bell, adding that he had "acted in an undue manner", although his suspension was not to include his training the militia.
In command of the Blessing, and accompanied by a pinnace, he and the Expectation had planned to attack Santa Marta.
Transported to San Lucar, Spain, he was eventually released due to the efforts of the English ambassador.
In 1642, he left England to join William Jackson as an officer in his privateering expedition to the West Indies.