The father of this family, John Collings Parkyn - a successful corn and pit-wood merchant - was also a very talented artist, responsible for the pen-and-ink drawings. He must have been quite a man. To her dying day in 1988, his granddaughter - my grandmother - remembered him very lovingly. Taken about 1880 at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.
Courtesy of A Hoskins

Effigy of Lady Anne (Howard) Gorges (died c.1506-1510), daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk. Tomb in All Saints Church, Wraxall, Somerset. - A Hoskins

Tomb of Sir Edmond and Lady Anne (Howard) Gorges (c.1454-1511 and c.1456-aft 1506, respectively). All Saints Church, Wraxall, Somerset, England. My 14 greats grandparents. She was a daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (died 1485, Battle of Bosworth). - A Hoskins

John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk - a distant ancestor. - A Hoskins