Cupar
Cupar is a town, former royal burgh and also church in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and also Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the nine largest settlement in Fife, and the civil church a population of 11,183 (in 2011). It is the historic county town of Fife, although the council currently sits at Glenrothes. The town is thought to have actually grown around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the constable and also was had by the earls of Fife. The area became a centre for judiciary as the area of Fife and also as a market community catering for both cattle and also sheep. Towards the latter phases of the 13th century, the burgh became the site of a setting up of the 3 estates - clergy, nobility and citizens - arranged by Alexander III in 1276 as a predecessor of the Parliament of Scotland. Although composed info of a charter for the modern town was lost, evidence suggested that this existed as one of the many residential properties had by the Earls of Fife by 1294. During the center of the 14th century, the burgh began to pay personalizeds on taxable incomes, which probably implied that royal burgh condition was given at some time between 1294 and also 1328. The oldest file, describing the royal burgh, was a grant by Robert II in 1381 to offer a port at Guardbridge on the River Eden to assist boost trade with Flanders. This grant was officially recognised by James II in 1428.