Copies of the following letter were sent from Lannisport to Oldstones, Stonebridge, and Riverrun
Be it known to all and sundry that King Robert Baratheon, the First of His Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men; Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm, declares the following:
That the knight called Gedeon Rivers is hereby acknowledged as the legitimiate heir to the late Ser Geoffrey Tordane, hereafter to be called Ser Gedeon Tordane, and entitled to all of the lands, revenues, and honors accordingly due.
By my hand on this the 18th day of April, in the year 289 After the Landing,
(Here, the handwriting changes from the clear and elegant script of a court herald to an ugly, uneven scrawl)
ROBERT
(Affixed beneath is the royal seal of King Robert I)