ms ▁and ▁not ▁to ▁the ▁her ald s ▁as ▁a ▁corpor ation . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁her ald s ▁were ▁left ▁dest itute ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁their ▁books ▁and ▁records ▁were ▁lost . ▁Despite ▁this ▁ill ▁treatment ▁from ▁the ▁King , ▁the ▁her ald s ' ▁position ▁at ▁the ▁royal ▁court ▁remained , ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁comp elled ▁by ▁the ▁King ▁to ▁attend ▁him ▁at ▁all ▁times ▁( al beit ▁in ▁rotation ). ▁ ▁Of ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁King ▁Henry ▁VIII , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁said ▁that : ▁" at ▁no ▁time ▁since ▁its ▁establishment , ▁was ▁[ the ▁college ] ▁in ▁higher ▁estimation , ▁nor ▁in ▁full er ▁employ ment , ▁than ▁in ▁this ▁reign ." ▁Henry ▁VIII ▁was ▁fond ▁of ▁pom p ▁and ▁magnific ence , ▁and ▁thus ▁gave ▁the ▁her ald s ▁plenty ▁of ▁opportunity ▁to ▁exercise ▁their ▁roles ▁in ▁his ▁court . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁College ▁were ▁also ▁expected ▁to ▁be ▁regularly ▁des patch ed ▁to ▁foreign ▁courts ▁on ▁miss ions , ▁whether ▁to ▁declare ▁war , ▁accomp any ▁arm ies , ▁sum mon ▁g arr isons ▁or ▁deliver ▁messages ▁to ▁foreign ▁pot ent ates ▁and ▁gener als . ▁During ▁his ▁magnific ent ▁meeting ▁with ▁Francis ▁I ▁of ▁France ▁at ▁the ▁Field ▁of ▁the ▁Cl oth ▁of ▁Gold ▁in ▁ 1 5 2 0 , ▁Henry ▁VIII ▁brought ▁with ▁him ▁eigh teen ▁officers ▁of ▁arms , ▁probably ▁all ▁he ▁had , ▁to ▁reg ulate ▁the ▁many ▁tournament s ▁and ▁cer emon ies ▁held