Extraordinary sejm in Warsaw 1642.

Sejm was convened, in form of an extraordinary one, in December 1641. The pre-sejm sejmiks were held in January of 1642. Krzysztof na Baksztach Zawisza, the Grand Lithuanian Scriptor and the starosta [“starostwo” was a Polish term for eldership office] of Mińsk, was elected the marshal. During the proceedings, proceeded rather smoothly, the tax matters were dealt with, mostly with intention to pay off the army for its service under military command of hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski against Kossacks and Tatars. The constitution was adopted on the, so-called, Tribunal of Radom, destined to control national treasury expenses.

See: L. Babiński, Trybunał radomski [Tribunal of Radom], Warszawa 1923; J. Rafacz, Trybunał skarbowy radomski [Fiscal tribunal of Radom], „Kwartalnik Historyczny”, R. 38, 1924, s. 413-455. W. Czapliński, Sejm w latach 1587-1696 [1587-1696 Sejm], in: Historia sejmu polskiego [The history of Polish sejm], t. 1, Warszawa 1984, red. J. Michalski, s. 217-299. Ustawodawstwo zob. Volumina Constitutionum, T. 4, cz. 1, Design and layout prepared by S. Grodziski, Marcin Kwiecień, K. Fokt, Foreword W. Uruszczak, Warszawa 2015, s. 38-48.A. S. Radziwiłł, Pamiętnik o dziejach w Polsce [Memoirs of Polish history], t. 2 1637-1646, Translated and edited by A. Przyboś i R. Żelewski, Warszawa 1980, s. 291 i n.