His mention of Sir Ralph Freeman tallies with Clarendon's, who had the story from Freeman.

The ghost predicts the Restoration, and this is recorded before that happy event.

Of course Mr.Towse may have been interested in Buckingham's career and may have invented the ghost (after discovering the secret token) {127} as an excuse for warning him.
The reader can now take his choice among versions of Sir George Villiers' ghost.

He must remember that, in 1642, Sir Henry Wotton "spent some inquiry whether the duke had any ominous presagement before his end," but found no evidence.

Sir Henry told Izaak Walton a story of a dream of an ancestor of his own, whereby some robbers of the University chest at Oxford were brought to justice.