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The Enyon Baronetcy, of Flowrie in the County of Northampton, was a title in the
Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ...
. It was created on 9 April 1642 for James Enyon, a Royalist soldier. He was killed in a
duel A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon Code duello, rules. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the r ...
with Sir Nicholas Crispe, Bt, at Royalist army headquarters in
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already the same year. Enyon had no sons and the title died with him.


Enyon baronets, of Flowrie (1642)

*Sir James Enyon, 1st Baronet (c. 1587–1642)


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Enyon Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England