Gunbe TAKATA, who was famous in Chushingura (The treasury of Loyal Retainers), was originally a vassal of Nagashige OGASAWARA, but he later became a masterless samurai and served Naganori ASANO, who was the lord of the Ako Domain, through the good offices of Tadamasa TODA.
忠臣蔵でも有名な高田郡兵衛はもともと小笠原長重の家臣であったが、その後浪人し戸田忠昌の口利きで赤穂藩主浅野長矩に仕えたという。