 Individual Benedictine abbeys were invited to provide their own student chambers there.Four local Benedictine abbeys, Crowland, Ely, Ramsey and Walden, contributed to the college buildings.As a result of patronage by the family of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, the name of the institution was changed from Monks' Hostel to Buckingham College (the change is known to have occurred between 1472 and 1483).