Cupar
Cupar is a town, former royal burgh as well as parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies in between Dundee as well as Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the 9th biggest settlement in Fife, and also the civil parish a population of 11,183 (in 2011). It is the historical county town of Fife, although the council currently sits at Glenrothes. The community is thought to have expanded around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the sheriff and was had by the earls of Fife. The location came to be a centre for judiciary as the area of Fife and also as a market community catering for both livestock as well as lamb. Towards the latter stages of the 13th century, the burgh ended up being the website of a setting up of the 3 estates - clergy, the aristocracy and burgesses - arranged by Alexander III in 1276 as a predecessor of the Parliament of Scotland. Although created information of a charter for the modern-day community was shed, proof recommended that this existed as one of the many residential properties had by the Earls of Fife by 1294. Throughout the center of the 14th century, the burgh started to pay personalizeds on taxable incomes, which most likely meant that royal burgh status was approved at some time between 1294 as well as 1328. The earliest file, referring to the royal burgh, was a grant by Robert II in 1381 to provide a port at Guardbridge on the River Eden to assist enhance trade with Flanders. This grant was formally identified by James II in 1428.
