Career
Towse was from Hingham, Norfolk. He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1571 and was called to the Barometer He lived in the Inner Temple until 1614 and audited the steward’s accounts and the treasurer"s accounts five times between 1583 and 1600 and served on several committees investigating matters of concern to the inn.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Essex from about 1592.
In 1595 he became bencher of Inner Temple and in 1597 was summer reader. He was treasurer of the Inn in 1607 and was Lent reader in 1610.
In 1614 he became serjeant-at-law and was elected Member of Parliament for Beverley. He was town clerk of Colchester by 1620 and in his later years lived at Takeley, Essex.
In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Colchester.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Colchester in 1624, 1625 and 1626. Towse died at the age of about 83.
