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The Wingfield Baronetcy, of Goodwins (now Godwin's Place, in the parish of
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) in the
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, was a
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in the
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. It was created on 17 May 1627 for Anthony Wingfield. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet some time after 1727.


Wingfield baronets, of Goodwins (1627)

*Sir Anthony Wingfield, 1st Baronet ( – 1638) *Sir Richard Wingfield, 2nd Baronet (died c. 1656) *Sir Robert Wingfield, 3rd Baronet (c. 1652 – c. 1671) *Sir Henry Wingfield, 4th Baronet (c. 1655 – 1677) *Sir Henry Wingfield, 5th Baronet (c. 1673 – 1712) *Sir Mervyn Wingfield, 6th Baronet (c. 1675 – d. after 1727)


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* Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Wingfield family 1627 establishments in England {{Baronet-stub