sentences:  He officially assisted at the Funeral of Parliament's Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and marched in the procession carrying the Earl's Helm and Crest.There is a Broadsheet illustration of the Funeral Procession in the British Museum, which shows John carrying the Helm.Parliament ordered new Tabards for the College of Arms (from Edmund Harrison, embroiderer)  which replace the Royal Arms with the new Arms of the Commonwealth (The State) Amongst others, John Watson wore the new Tabard at the Funeral of Henry Ireton (1651).