In the case of the other kuge who did not possess chigyo koku, they served as keishi (household superintendent) or kerei (lower class kuge who served the superior kuge) for generations, so that they were often granted the shoshiki (the right of an officer governing a shoen estate) of shoryo (fief) in the lieu of horoku (stipend).
それ以下の公家の場合は、皇室や摂関家の家司・家礼として代々奉仕して、その俸禄の代わりに所領の下級所職が宛がわれる例が多い。