 With its permanent establishment in these headquarters, the Great Wardrobe may be considered to have become less a part of the King's Household and more "a small, self-contained government office".Mention is made of a Privy Wardrobe ("parva garderoba") from the 1220s onwards.To begin with, the phrase appears to indicate a room (or type of room) used to store the King's robes, armour and arms.