Cupar
Cupar is a town, previous royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and also Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population price quote, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the 9th largest negotiation in Fife, and also the civil parish a population of 11,183 (in 2011). It is the historic county town of Fife, although the council currently rests at Glenrothes. The town is thought to have actually grown around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the sheriff and also was possessed by the earls of Fife. The area became a centre for judiciary as the area of Fife and as a market community catering for both livestock and sheep. In the direction of the latter phases of the 13th century, the burgh ended up being the website of a setting up of the 3 estates - clergy, the aristocracy and also burgesses - arranged by Alexander III in 1276 as a predecessor of the Parliament of Scotland. Although written details of a charter for the modern community was shed, evidence suggested that this existed as one of the many buildings owned by the Earls of Fife by 1294. Throughout the middle of the 14th century, the burgh started to pay custom-mades on taxable incomes, which possibly suggested that royal burgh standing was provided at some time between 1294 and also 1328. The earliest document, describing the royal burgh, was a grant by Robert II in 1381 to give a port at Guardbridge on the River Eden to assist boost trade with Flanders. This grant was officially acknowledged by James II in 1428.
