Before the rebellion, an important role at the assembly was played by Messrs. advice. They belonged here with the pp. spiritual councils: the Archbishop of Lviv and the Bishop of Przemyśl, the lay people the Voivode of Ruthenia and three castellans of Lviv, Przemyśl and Sanok. They constituted a separate circle and conferred separately; the nobility, on the other hand, constituted a separate group and it was only at the beginning of the 17th century that the two groups were united, and from 1G03 onwards both senators and the nobility deliberate together in one group l). The failure of the elders to appear at the sejmik does not prevent the nobility from deliberating and making decisions, an example of which can be seen in the deliberations of December 31, 1375. The nobility rightly argues that the sejmik is held authoritate conventus generalis electionis loco designato et prwilegiato convened, and qui tacet consenłire videłur, also about IMciach (senators), we understand. The democratic spirit permeates the assembly, only the bishop is our lord and brother, the castellan, even the castellan of Lviv, is only the brother of the nobility. During a popular uprising, the elders, especially the military ones, were always elected from among the senators, and when the council lords began to absent themselves here, the nobility immediately began to elect the elders ex nobililate, bypassing the senators. The lack of a larger number of nobility at the sejmik meant that the sejmik was limited with the addition that if they did not show up at the next meeting, I would still finish the act, regardless of anyone's absence 3).
Townspeople, especially those from Lviv, were invited to sejmiks only during the Confederation or when the establishment of the highest provincial judiciary was being discussed. The townspeople of the capital attended the assembly, but as they later revealed in the protest, they only listened to the deliberations of the group, listened to the reading of the adopted motions, but were neither asked for their opinion nor gave permission, and yes, they were pressed to allow the hood jurisdiction, and publicly staged a protest several times, as they later also declared in the town 4). However, the townspeople are eager to join the Confederate union, as the one that ensured public safety during the interregnum. And so, when in November 1587 the Wiszeń sejmik decided to raise a general mass towards Rzeszów in order to prevent a fight between the two elects, Lviv through its envoys "offered faith and stability as in our confederation", and the Rzeszów confederates declared to the Lviv envoys that since "according to the former confederation (1464) which was with us they have and therefore want to be with us, so we allow them to do so 5)".
Assemblies were called to Wiśnia, Glinany, Mościska, and Lviv when it came to the affairs of the entire voivodeship, and when choosing a place, the wishes of the nobility were also taken into account, as
^) Łubieński, Vita Pstrok. 4-19. *) Chełm Laudum of October 31, 1667. ') No. 22. *) No. 17, 31. ^) No. 45 art. 12.
19th century stems from the voivode's decree of February 9, 1577, in which he designated Lviv, as the most convenient place for food and holidays, for the election of deputies to the highest provincial courts. In matters strictly related to the district, assemblies were convened in district capitals.