It is said that Suketada was offered a substantially higher amount of compensation in the Tensho era. (Seeing as he was a well known master of the tea ceremony during the reign of Hideyoshi, and licensed to teach the tea ceremony while Nobunaga was in power, it is highly possible that he was made an offer of promotion to feudal lord.)
祐忠は天正年間には大幅な加増が内定していたともいう（祐忠は秀吉年間茶人として高名であり、信長時代に茶会免許を受けていた＝大名昇進が決定していた可能性は極めて高い）。