During the latter half of the Kamakura period, Hyojoshu turned into a mere formality as the private council presided by the main line of the HOJO clan, the then head of the HOJO family, gradually came into power.
しかし、鎌倉時代後期には、北条宗家である得宗を中心とした寄合が実質的な権力を掌握し始め、評定衆は形式だけのものになる。