 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.The "petite garde" served on foot and horseback.It is this "petite garde", transformed by Francis I in the company of 100 men-at-arms, which became in 1515, the 1st French Company of the Garde-du-Corps.