Shigetada HATAKEYAMA, (acting) provincial governor who controlled samurai groups in the Musashi Province, which the Chichibu clan used to do for generations, was a senior vassal who had significant courage and confidence to be in charge of every battle that happened during the Yoritomo shogunate and was asked to protect Yoritomo's grandchildren in Yoritomo's will.
畠山重忠は秩父氏が代々継承してきた武蔵国の武士団を統率する留守所総検校職の地位にあり、その武勇と人望により頼朝の時代には常に戦陣を務め、その死に際して子孫を守護するように遺言を受けた有力御家人であった。