Yoshitomo, who was at the Kazusa no suke (Assistant Governor of Kazusa Province) Tsunezumi's place in Kazusa Province at the time, compelled Tsuneshige and acquired an eviction notice, or a letter of transfer, for the Soma-gun village, or Soma-go village, using a 'groundless rumor' of Kazusa no suke Tsunezumi.
義朝はこのころ上総国の上総介常澄の処に居たが、義朝は上総介常澄の「浮言」を利用して、常重から相馬郡（または郷）の避状（さがりじょう：譲状）を責め取る。