Master of the Great Wardrobe

E639562

court office position in the Royal Household of England

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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Master of the Great Wardrobe canonical	4
Great Wardrobe	2
Master of the Wardrobe	2
Grand Master of the Wardrobe	1
Keeper of the Privy Wardrobe	1
Queen's Master of the Wardrobe	1
Royal Wardrobe	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7049233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Master of the Great Wardrobe
Context triple: [Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, positionHeld, Master of the Great Wardrobe]

A. The Wardrobe
The Wardrobe is a historic building in Salisbury, England, best known today as the home of The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum.
B. The Queen’s Table
The Queen’s Table is a British-themed gift shop in Epcot’s United Kingdom Pavilion at Walt Disney World, offering royal-inspired souvenirs, tea sets, and other UK merchandise.
C. The White Queen
The White Queen is a British historical drama television series based on Philippa Gregory’s novels about the women involved in the Wars of the Roses.
D. Keeper of the Privy Purse
The Keeper of the Privy Purse is the senior official responsible for managing the British monarch’s private finances and the Sovereign Grant within the Royal Household.
E. Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal
The Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal is the official responsible for training, directing, and overseeing the boy choristers of the English monarch’s Chapel Royal.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Master of the Great Wardrobe
Target entity description: 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.

A. The Wardrobe
The Wardrobe is a historic building in Salisbury, England, best known today as the home of The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum.
B. The Queen’s Table
The Queen’s Table is a British-themed gift shop in Epcot’s United Kingdom Pavilion at Walt Disney World, offering royal-inspired souvenirs, tea sets, and other UK merchandise.
C. The White Queen
The White Queen is a British historical drama television series based on Philippa Gregory’s novels about the women involved in the Wars of the Roses.
D. Keeper of the Privy Purse
The Keeper of the Privy Purse is the senior official responsible for managing the British monarch’s private finances and the Sovereign Grant within the Royal Household.
E. Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal
The Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal is the official responsible for training, directing, and overseeing the boy choristers of the English monarch’s Chapel Royal.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ linked to: Master of the Great Wardrobe Master of the Wardrobe ⓘ linked to: Master of the Great Wardrobe
employs	artisans and tailors ⓘ clerks of the Great Wardrobe ⓘ yeomen of the wardrobe ⓘ
existedDuring	Stuart period ⓘ 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 ⓘ linked to: Master of the Great Wardrobe
historicalStatus	defunct office ⓘ
locationOfOffice	London ⓘ linked to: London, England Westminster ⓘ
partOf	Royal Household of England ⓘ
reportsTo	Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
responsibleFor	royal ceremonial garments ⓘ royal household textiles ⓘ royal soft furnishings ⓘ
subordinateTo	English monarch ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Latin ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich → positionHeld → Master of the Great Wardrobe ⓘ

John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich → positionHeld → Master of the Great Wardrobe ⓘ

subject linked to: John Montagu

John Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich → positionHeld → Master of the Great Wardrobe ⓘ

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich → officeHeld → Master of the Great Wardrobe ⓘ

subject linked to: Admiral Edward Montagu

Court of Louis XIV → hadOffice → Grand Master of the Wardrobe ⓘ