Sejm was convened in December 1612. The pre-sejm sejmiks were held in January and February of 1613. Maksymilian Przerębski, starost [“starostwo” was a Polish term for eldership office] of Piotrków, was elected the marshal of the Chamber of Deputies. Sejm engaged in adopting war wages in order pay the army, which - not receiving its soldier’s pay, after failures in war against Russia - formed a confederation. The religious dissenters complained about repressions. The