The fonds consists of drafts of writings and research material for the following books: "Inishbream", "A Man in a Distant Field", "Sisters of Grass", "Red Laredo Boots", "Mnemonic: A Book of Trees", and "The Age of Water Lilies".
The collection consists of daily news condensations relating to the Carnation Revolution of 1974. Newspaper clippings are in English and date from 1974 to 1977.
The collection consists of a receipt by Peter de Marthelay received from John de Hawkesworth, rector of the church of Gyselay [Guisley], for fifty shillings for rent of Lofthouse in Sualeyngmore, in London [3 miles north of Wakefield], Feast of St Martin [11th November], 1361.