1559. - As Mr. Anderson, a merchant and alderman of Newcastle, was leaning over the bridge at that place, and handling his ring, he dropt it into the river. Some time after, his servant bought a salmon in the market, in which the same ring was found, and most unexpectedly restored to its owner. The ring is in possession of the family of the Rev. E. Anderson of Yorkshire. It has a fish engraven under the signet.

From: T Fordyce, J. Sykes. Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed..., published 1867