 When the statehouse burned again in 1698, this time accidentally, the legislature again temporarily relocated to Middle Plantation, and was able to meet in the new facilities of the College of William and Mary, which had been established after receiving a royal charter in 1693.Rather than rebuilding at Jamestown again, the capital of the colony was moved permanently to Middle Plantation in 1699.The town was soon renamed Williamsburg, to honor the reigning monarch, King William III.