Goryosho includes lands controlled directly by Shugo daimyo (feudal lords) and by Sengoku daimyo (Japanese territorial lords in the Sengoku period) and lands controlled directly by the Edo shogunate (known as tenryo after Meiji era).
守護大名や戦国大名の蔵入地や、江戸幕府の公儀御料（明治以後は天領）も御料所の一種である。