Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Bacon was knighted in 1603 , and created both the Baron Verulam in 1618 , and the Viscount St Alban in 1621 ; as he died without heirs both peerages became extinct upon his death .
Simplified: He was made Baron Verulam in 1618 , and Viscount St Albans in 1621 .