This anecdote he selects out of "many stories scattered abroad at the time" as "upon a better foundation of credit".

The percipient was an officer in the king's wardrobe at Windsor, "of a good reputation for honesty and discretion," and aged about fifty.

He was bred at a school in Sir George's parish, and as a boy was kindly treated by Sir George, "whom afterwards he never saw".

On first beholding the spectre in his room, the seer recognised Sir George's costume, then antiquated.

At last the seer went to Sir Ralph Freeman, who introduced him to the duke on a hunting morning at Lambeth Bridge.