John Godfrey
Captain John Godfrey, author of the treatise A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence, published in 1747 in London, on the kinship of the small-sword and the backsword.
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John Godfrey was a captain who wrote the treatise A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence, Connecting the Small and Back-Sword, and Shewing the Affinity Between Them. The book was published in 1747 in London, printed for T. Gardner.
As the title indicates, the treatise deals with fencing with the small-sword and the backsword and shows what the two weapons have in common.
We have not been able to verify when and where he was born and died, with whom he trained, or in which army he served. We have found no separate biography of John Godfrey; he is documented only as the author of this treatise.