Background
Born in Somerset, he was the son of John Bennet of Raynton.
Born in Somerset, he was the son of John Bennet of Raynton.
He entered Lincoln College, Oxford in Michaelmas term 1632, graduating Bachelor of Arts 24 May 1636, and Master of Arts 24 January 1639. Incorporated Master of Arts at Cambridge, he became Doctor of Medicine there in 1646. On 11 September 1646 Bennett was admitted licentiate of the College of Physicians of London, on 16 July 1647 a candidate, and on 7 December 1649 a Fellow of the College, where he was censor in 1654.
He practised first in Bristol, and then in London, where he acquired a reputation.
Bennet"s life was cut short by consumption, at the age of 38, on 30 April 1655. He was buried in Street Gregory by Street Paul"s, London.