On the Matter of Research into Signatories of Spytko of Melsztyn’s Confederation of 1439

In the present article the author investigates the problem of identification of noblemen participating in Spytko of Melsztyn’s confederation convened in 1439. Their list is known from the document of the confederation, already published twice, but with reading errors that had an impact on the identification of people listed in the text. After the author verified and corrected those errors, it is possible to say that there were 170 Polish noblemen who participated in the confederation. A thorough analysis, based on unknown so far archival sources, makes it possible to identify the places of origin and social background of the following supporters of Spytko: J an Kowalowski of Zaryszyn, Klemens of Kłaj, Moniaczkowski (of Moniaczkowice, probably Mikołaj), Mikołaj of W łoszynów, O tłuczony of Kręciszki in the Land of Łęczyca (probably Paweł or Mikołaj of R ola coat of arms), J an of Milejów, C racow sword-bearer Mikołaj of C hrząst  Melsztyn’s C onfederation of 1439, the original of which is kept in the Central A rchives of Historical R ecords in W arsaw.

In the present article the author investigates the problem of identification of noblemen participating in Spytko of Melsztyn’s confederation convened in 1439. Their list is known from the document of the confederation, already published twice, but with reading errors that had an impact on the identification of people listed in the text. After the author verified and corrected those errors, it is possible to say that there were 170 Polish noblemen who participated in the confederation. A thorough analysis, based on unknown so far archival sources, makes it possible to identify the places of origin and social background of the following supporters of Spytko: J an Kowalowski of Zaryszyn, Klemens of Kłaj, Moniaczkowski (of Moniaczkowice, probably Mikołaj), Mikołaj of W łoszynów, O tłuczony of Kręciszki in the Land of Łęczyca (probably Paweł or Mikołaj of R ola coat of arms), J an of Milejów, C racow sword-bearer Mikołaj of C hrząst  Melsztyn’s C onfederation of 1439, the original of which is kept in the Central A rchives of Historical R ecords in W arsaw.