Rocco Bonetti

Italy

Description

Italian intelligence agent and fencing master (fl. c. 1570–1587) who came to England about 1569 and in 1576 opened at Blackfriars the first rapier school in England, charging far more than the English masters. His students included Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Peregrine Willoughby.

Students (2)

  • Walter Raleigh
    sports_martial_artsItalian school of swordsmanship Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source.
    “His students included notable figures such as Lord Peregrin Willoughby, Sir Walter Raleigh”
    — Rocco Bonetti - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    “Walter Raleigh, and others Bonetti had mentored”
    — Rocco Bonetti - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
  • Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
    sports_martial_artsItalian school of swordsmanship Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Single source.
    “His students included notable figures such as Lord Peregrin Willoughby, Sir Walter Raleigh”
    — Rocco Bonetti - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Sources

“Rocco Bonetti (/rɔk.ko/ /bɔˈnɛtti/; fl. c. 1570–1587) was an Italian intelligence agent and master of fencing who started the school of fencing at Blackfriars in London in 1576.”
— Rocco Bonetti - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
“Like German fencing guilds, English masters taught the traditional weapons of sword and buckler, sword and dagger, two-handed sword, quarterstaff, and bill, only adding the Italian rapier and rapier and dagger after the arrival of the Italian masters Rocco Bonetti about 1571 and Vincentio Saviolo about 1590.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Identifiers

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Rocco Bonetti. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JTMYPEZBXV9VNZGSHZNMTK - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JTMYPEZBXV9VNZGSHZNMTK, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Rocco Bonetti}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JTMYPEZBXV9VNZGSHZNMTK}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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