Cupar
Cupar is a town, former royal burgh and church in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee as well as Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population quote, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the 9th largest negotiation in Fife, and also the civil church a population of 11,183 (in 2011). It is the historical county town of Fife, although the council now sits at Glenrothes. The community is thought to have actually expanded around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the constable and was had by the earls of Fife. The location ended up being a centre for judiciary as the region of Fife and also as a market community providing for both cattle as well as lamb. Towards the latter phases of the 13th century, the burgh ended up being the website of an assembly of the three estates - clergy, nobility and citizens - arranged by Alexander III in 1276 as a precursor of the Parliament of Scotland. Although composed info of a charter for the modern community was lost, evidence recommended that this existed as one of the many buildings had by the Earls of Fife by 1294. Throughout the middle of the 14th century, the burgh started to pay customs on taxable incomes, which most likely meant that royal burgh status was approved at some point between 1294 and also 1328. The earliest file, referring to the royal burgh, was a give by Robert II in 1381 to give a port at Guardbridge on the River Eden to assist enhance trade with Flanders. This grant was officially acknowledged by James II in 1428.