[3] Bene't is an attempt to reconcile the Anglo-Norman name Benet with the Latin (and modern English) form of the saint's name Benedict.

[7] In the 13th century the chancel was altered, hence the deeply splayed Early English Gothic lancet windows on the south side (one of which is now blocked).

[6] St Bene't's has one monumental brass: a small kneeling figure of Richard Billingford, who died in 1442[8] and had been Master of Corpus Christi College 1398–1432.

A document of 1273 records that the rector agreed to the bells being rung for the University provided the "customary gratification" was paid.

This became an annual sum of six shillings and eight pence which was paid as late as 1624, after the tower of Great St Mary's had been completed.

[citation needed] Brothers of the Society of Saint Francis (among them Br Michael (Fisher)) served at St Bene't's from 1945 until 2005.

The Revd Canon Angela Tilby, a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, was vicar, 2007–11.

The Revd Canon Anna Matthews, previously precentor of St Albans Cathedral, served as vicar from September 2012[13] until her death in March 2023.