Cupar
Cupar is a town, previous royal burgh and also parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and also Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population quote, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the nine largest settlement in Fife, as well as the civil parish a population of 11,183 (in 2011). It is the historic county town of Fife, although the council currently sits at Glenrothes. The community is believed to have expanded around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the constable and also was owned by the earls of Fife. The location ended up being a centre for judiciary as the region of Fife and as a market community catering for both cattle and also lamb. In the direction of the latter stages of the 13th century, the burgh ended up being the website of an assembly of the 3 estates - clergy, nobility and also citizens - arranged by Alexander III in 1276 as a precursor of the Parliament of Scotland. Although composed info of a charter for the contemporary town was shed, proof recommended that this existed as one of the many residential or commercial properties had by the Earls of Fife by 1294. Throughout the middle of the 14th century, the burgh began to pay personalizeds on taxable incomes, which most likely indicated that royal burgh standing was approved at some point between 1294 as well as 1328. The oldest paper, referring to the royal burgh, was a grant by Robert II in 1381 to offer a port at Guardbridge on the River Eden to help improve trade with Flanders. This grant was officially acknowledged by James II in 1428.
