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Master of the robes
Robe Robe, n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See Rob, v. t., and cf. Rubbish.] 1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. --Shak. 2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.] Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes.

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- The Master of the Robes is an office in the British Royal Household. He is responsible for the King's robes at times such as a coronation, the annual Order...
- the Groom of the Robes and the Master of the Robes. A new Robe of State is often commissioned ahead of each coronation. They are traditionally in the...
- Chamberlain who is ****isted by the Groom of the Robes and the Master of the Robes or Mistress of the Robes. The monarch enters the Gold State Coach to return...
- the monarch is enrobed by the Lord Great Chamberlain who is ****isted by the Groom of the Robes and the Master of the Robes or Mistress of the Robes....
- All of the robes are removed before the final part of the ceremony, the procession out of the Abbey, in which the monarch wears the Imperial Robe. During...
- Bedchamber and Master of the Robes in 1695. In 1696, he was created the Viscount Bury in Lancashire, and the Baron Ashford of Ashford, Kent. On 10 February...
- in the 1670s and received his first significant office in 1678 when Charles appointed him Master of the Robes. In early 1678, England re-entered the Franco-Dutch...
- The Master of the Revels was the holder of a position within the English, and later the British, royal household, heading the "Revels Office" or "Office...
- Both of these robes are of very ancient design; those used by the medieval kings of England were said to have been used by King Edward the Confessor at...
- oblong block of red sandstone that was used in the coronation of Scottish monarchs until the 13th century, and thereafter in the coronation of English and...