 When Anne died in 1571, the title passed to her cousin Lord Hereford, who was later created Earl of Essex in 1572.When the 3rd Earl of Essex died without male heirs in 1646, the barony became abeyant between his sisters, the Duchess of Somerset and Lady Dorothy Stafford and their descendants.The current co-heirs to the barony are the descendants of the daughters of the 9th Baron (2nd Earl of Essex)