Supported by stronger authority, shugo encouraged increasing numbers of jito to become vassals of samurai families, and obtaining economic as well as military and police power as shugo daimyo (shugo that became daimyo), shugo strengthened territorial control over provinces under their control.
このような権限の強化を背景に、守護による地頭の被官化がさらに進行し、守護大名として軍事・警察権能だけでなく、経済的権能をも獲得して、分国内での領域的な支配を強化していった。