Editing Andrew Marvell (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Andrew Marvell portrait.jpg|thumb|Portrait attributed to Sir [[Godfrey Kneller]], [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]]]
[[File:Andrew Marvell engraving.jpg|thumb|right|Andrew Marvell]]

Marvell was born in [[Winestead]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] on 31 March 1621. He was the son of a [[Church of England]] clergyman also named Andrew Marvell.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-parliament-the-house-of-commons-16401660-volume-vii/members-marvell-quicke/DDB551438430DE75FC2632FC9A42439C |volume= VII: Members, Marvell – Quicke |pages=1–1014 |editor-last=Roberts |editor-first=Stephen K. |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |doi=10.1017/9781800109667.001 |isbn=978-1-80010-966-7 |title=The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1640-1660 |date=2023 }}</ref> The family moved to Hull when his father was appointed Lecturer at [[Holy Trinity Church, Hull|Holy Trinity Church]], and Marvell was educated at [[Hull Grammar School]].
Aged 13, Marvell attended [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] and eventually received a BA degree.<ref>{{acad|id=MRVL633A|name=Marvell, Andrew}}</ref>  A portrait of Marvell, attributed to [[Godfrey Kneller]], hangs in Trinity College's collection.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity College, University of Cambridge|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/search/located_at/trinity-college-cambridge-5846_locations|publisher=BBC Your Paintings|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140511164255/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/search/located_at/trinity-college-cambridge-5846_locations|archive-date=11 May 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

From the middle of 1642 onwards, Marvell probably travelled in continental Europe. He may well have served as a [[tutor]] for an aristocrat on the [[Grand Tour]], but the facts are not clear on this point. While England was embroiled in the [[English Civil War|civil war]], Marvell seems to have remained on the continent until 1647. During his visit to Rome in 1645, he probably met the [[Villiers family|Villiers]] brothers, Lord Francis and the [[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham|2nd]] [[Duke of Buckingham#Dukes of Buckingham, second creation (1623)|Duke of Buckingham]], as well as [[Richard Flecknoe]]. He later wrote a satirical poem about Flecknoe.<ref>[[Edward Chaney]], ''The Grand Tour and the Great Rebellion'' (Geneva, 1985), pp. 347–50.</ref> His travel route is unclear, except that Milton later reported that Marvell had mastered four [[language]]s, including [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<ref>Nicholas Murray, ''Andrew Marvell'' (1999), pp. 24–35.</ref>