Master of the Great Wardrobe
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The Master of the Great Wardrobe was a senior officer of the English royal household responsible for overseeing the procurement, maintenance, and storage of the monarch’s clothing, furnishings, and related ceremonial items.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Master of the Great Wardrobe canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court office
ⓘ
position in the Royal Household of England ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English court ceremonial
ⓘ
royal palaces of England ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| differentFrom |
Keeper of the Privy Wardrobe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Master of the Wardrobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employs |
artisans and tailors
ⓘ
clerks of the Great Wardrobe ⓘ yeomen of the wardrobe ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
Stuart period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tudor period ⓘ late medieval period ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
care of ceremonial items
ⓘ
custody of royal bedding and linens ⓘ custody of royal hangings and draperies ⓘ custody of royal tapestries ⓘ maintenance of royal clothing ⓘ maintenance of royal furnishings ⓘ management of wardrobe staff ⓘ ordering garments for members of the royal family ⓘ ordering garments for the monarch ⓘ ordering livery for royal servants ⓘ oversight of wardrobe accounts ⓘ procurement of royal clothing ⓘ procurement of royal furnishings ⓘ provision of costumes for royal masques and entertainments ⓘ provision of materials for state occasions ⓘ provision of mourning clothes for the court ⓘ provision of robes for coronations ⓘ provision of robes for state openings of Parliament ⓘ provision of textiles for court ceremonies ⓘ storage of royal clothing ⓘ storage of royal furnishings ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | Great Wardrobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | defunct office ⓘ |
| locationOfOffice |
London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Royal Household of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Lord Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
royal ceremonial garments
ⓘ
royal household textiles ⓘ royal soft furnishings ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | English monarch ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich