Shugo (provincial constables) were granted substantial rights entering the Muromachi period, for example the hanzei kyufu (the right to collect half the tax from an area) and the shisetsu jungyo (the right to settle land disputes on behalf of the bakufu).
室町時代になると、守護に大幅な権限、例えば半済給付権、使節遵行権などが付与された。