The
Grand Master of the
Order of St John of Jerusalem had to pay an annual
tribute to the Emperor
Charles V and his mother Queen
Joanna of Castile as monarchs of
Sicily, for the
granting of
Tripoli,
Malta and
Gozo. There were also other conditions. The annual tribute payable on
All Saints day (1 November) was one falcon. The grant was made at Castel Franco and is dated
the 23rd day of the month of March, Third Indiction, in the Year of Our Lord 1530; in the 10th year of our reign as Emperor, the 27th as King of Castile, Granada etc., the 16th of Navarre, the 15th of Aragon, the Two Sicilies, Jerusalem and all our other realms.