Cupar
Cupar is a community, previous royal burgh and also parish in Fife, Scotland. It exists between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the nine biggest settlement in Fife, and 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 community is believed to have actually expanded around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the constable and was possessed by the earls of Fife. The location became a centre for judiciary as the region of Fife and as a market town catering for both livestock and also lamb. Towards the last stages of the 13th century, the burgh became the site of an assembly of the three estates - clergy, the aristocracy and also burgesses - organised by Alexander III in 1276 as a predecessor of the Parliament of Scotland. Although written details of a charter for the modern-day community was shed, evidence suggested that this existed as one of the many properties had by the Earls of Fife by 1294. During the center of the 14th century, the burgh started to pay customizeds on taxable incomes, which probably implied that royal burgh condition was granted at some time between 1294 and also 1328. The earliest paper, referring to the royal burgh, was a give by Robert II in 1381 to offer a port at Guardbridge on the River Eden to assist improve trade with Flanders. This grant was formally recognised by James II in 1428.
