King John's return to England in the winter of 1203 marked a new political, even, considering the terrae Normannorum which the king acquired, a new economic situation. Monarchy, for all practical purposes, was confined almost entirely to England, and its resources had been enlarged. The political condition was permanent; the economic was not. The immediate effect of these events upon the administrative system was, as previously observed, slight. The justiciar's duties were not at once different from those which have been described. Yet the king was now confined to England, and if the consequences of the new political situation were not immediate, this factor was potentially very important because it tended to shift the centre of administrative gravity. The royal household, with its financial departments the chamber and the wardrobe, entered the sphere of government in England to a much greater extent than they had when they were half of the time abroad; the court coram rege was a constant factor, and ultimately in King John's reign it survived while the bench disappeared. The king's return in 1203 produced exactly the same consequences as the arrival in England of any previous monarch from his continental lands, and no doubt the presence of John in 1203 was regarded as temporary in exactly the same way as that of his ancestors. But this time it was different.. John was to remain in England, except for a few months, for the rest of his reign, and whether or not his presence was at first regarded as temporary until he re-conquered his dominions, such a belief must have waned with the passing years and vanished after the disastrous battle of Bouvines in 1214.