Notes for: Martha Sole
Cambridge Chronicle 5 May 1815:
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and EFFECTS, TOWN-BUILT TANDEM GIG AND HARNESS,
TRUMPINGTON
To be SOLD by AUCTION, by ELLIOT SMITH, on THURSDAY the 11th day of May, 1815, on the premises of Mrs. Humphreys, (who is leaving her farm,) on account of the number of lots, punctually at eleven o’clock;
All the neat HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and effects, consisting of four-post bedsteads with carved posts and green furniture, a very handsome full-sized four-post bedstead with carved mahogany posts and cotton furniture, lined throughout with yellow with a fringed cornice, excellent geese and other feather-beds and bedding, mahogany tray-top night table, ditto double chest of drawers, small ditto, ditto bureau and bookcase, 3 ft. 6 in. beautiful wood, with glass doors and silk curtains, set of 4 ft. dining tables, eliptic ends, square dining, card, and pembroke tables, 6 and 2 elbow Grecian-back chairs, ornamented with brass, with horse-hair cushions, bedroom and other chairs, a superfine Kidderminster carpet, and piece containing 28 square yards, nearly new, japanned and other dressing tables, box and swing glasses, &c.
Kitchen and Dairy Utensils consists of a very excellent barrel churn, will make 40lbs, a patent ditto, milk keelers, cheese tub, a 3-legs, large cheese press, harvest bottles, brass and other boilers, fish kettle, &c. &c.
Also, a very handsome Town-built Tandem Gig, with seat behind, with patent boxes and lamps, and a set of harness for ditto brass-mounted, nearly new.
From the Cambridgeshire Chronicle and Journal, 13 Jul 1827: Growing crops of corn, Trumpington, tythe-free - the straw may be taken away.
To be sold by auction, by Elliot Smith, on the grounds, on Thursday evening, the 19th of July 1827, at six o'clock; a very fine crop of rye, now growing in an allotment opposite the second mile-stone, and containing six acres, more or less.
A very fine crop of oats, now growing on Mrs Humphreys' allotment, adjoining the last, and containing by admeasurement 5a. 1r. 25p.
Then from the Cambridgeshire Chronicle and Journal, 13 Jun 1828: to be sold by auction, by Elliot Smith, on Wednesday next, thge 18th June, 1828, exactly at six o'clock in the evening, on the premises of Mrs Humphreys;
sundry old oak, bricks, doors &c.
Also at seven o'clock, on the ground, the very fine crop of trefoil, now growing in an allotment containing 5a. 1r. 25p., situate adjoining the turnpike road from Cambridge to Trumpington, near the Windmill.
From the Cambridgeshire Chronicle and Journal, 30 Jan 1829: On Sunday night last, the house of Mrs Humphreys, a retired lady, living in the lane leading to the church, was broken open by four villains, who immediately made up to her bed-room, each with a bludgeon in hand. Two of them pulled from beneath their coats a pistol, stationed themselves on either side of Mrs H., and declared they would murder her if she attempted resistance; they also stated that they would set fire to the house by lighting a bag of straw which they had with them, and which they left in the house. They then commenced the work of plunder, stripping the drawers of various articles of linen, plate, and £11 in money, together with a handsome wedding-dress, which was highly prized by Mrs H. and considered by all as a family curiosity. They then sat down in the presence of the lady, and regaled themselves with wine, which they took from a hamper that Mrs H. had received the day before from her daughter, who was to pay her a visit on Monday. After staying nearly three hours they departed, taking with them a quantity of plate, amomg which were silver tea and table spoons marked M.H. and others marked S, a pair of sugar tongs marked H.M.K. and two very old-fashioned rich silk gowns, one a figured white and the other a figured pink stripe, and many other articles -- It is strongly suspected that this gang was seen under very suspicious circumstances on the same morning (Sunday) near Cambridge. . . .
From the Cambridgeshire Chronicle and Journal, 6 Feb 1829: Furniture and effects, Trumpington.
To be sold by auction, by Elliot Smith, on Thursday afternoon, the 12th February, 1829, exactly at two o'clock, on the premises of Mrs Humphreys, leaving Trumpington;
Part of the household furniture, . . .
The sale of the freehold house and premises, and allotment of arable land and close of pasture adjoining, advertised in last week's Paper to take place this month, is postponed for a few weeks.
From the Cambridgeshire Chronicle and Journal, 27 Mar 1829: Neat residence, with large orchard and garden, Trumpington, near Cambridge.
To be sold by auction, by Elliot Smith, at the Green Man Inn, Trumpington, on Wednesday the 8th of April, 1829, at seven o'clock in the evening;
All that very good freehold house, with large garden and well-planted orchard, the late residence of Mrs Humphreys, (removed to Ely), most pleasantly situated nearly opposite the Vicarage Grounds, in the very best part of Trumpington, a convenient distance from the turnpike road.
The vicinity of Trumpington to Cambridge, the excellent causeway, and the constant intercourse by stage coaches, renders it peculiarly eligible for the residence of a genteel family.
and from the Bury and Norwich Post, 1 Apr 1829: John Connington, aged 35, and John Wilson, aged 35, were indicted for having on the 27th of January last, burglariously broken into the dwelling-house of Mrs Martha Humphreys, at Trumpington, and stealing therefrom divers articles of silver plate, silk and linen, her property (both found guilty).
Inherited two properties in Church Lane and Grantchester Road (nos 60 and 61 on Inclosure Award map, now the Rainbow Nursery and 21 Church Lane, formerly the village school and schoolmaster's house respectively, and 2 - 4 Grantchester Road, "Stockton Cottages") from her husband in 1797. Sold no. 61 to John Okey in 1815. Also granted a new allotment under the Inclosure Award fronting onto High Street, where the houses on the southern side of Gazeley Lane with their gardens now stand.
From the Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 2 Oct 1829: Valuable land, adjoining the turnpike road between Cambridge and Trumpington.
To be sold by auction, by Elliot Smith, at the Green Man, Trumpington, on Wednesday the 14th of October, 1829, at six o'clock in the evening, in lots;
All that allotment or parcel of land, now arable, and occupied by the proprietor, Mrs Humphreys, containing 5a. 1r. 25p.