Each of these gentlemen was to maintain at his own expense two archers. By letters patent given at Rouen on June 10, 1475, the King exempted these gentlemen from the maintenance of the archers; he took them in his pay and formed a special company, which he entrusted to Jean Blosset, Lord of Plessis-Pate. This company of archers was called "la petite garde du roi", to distinguish it from the 1st Company (Scottish Guard) which was officially designated under the title of "Cent lances des gentilshommes de l’hôtel du Roy", ordered for the guard his person, that is, his escort.