Since some of Fudai kashin dan (a group of hereditary vassals) were doshin (a police constable) (Yoriko), Fudai kashin dan were not necessarily commanders of mass groups such as Yorioya.
譜代家臣団でありながら同心（寄子）である家もあるため、譜代家臣団が必ず寄親のような大部隊指揮官という訳ではない。