Cupar
Cupar is a community, previous royal burgh and also parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies in between Dundee as well as Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population quote, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the nine largest settlement 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 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 had by the earls of Fife. The location ended up being a centre for judiciary as the county of Fife and as a market town catering for both cattle and also sheep. Towards the latter stages of the 13th century, the burgh ended up being the site of an assembly of the 3 estates - clergy, nobility and citizens - organised by Alexander III in 1276 as a precursor of the Parliament of Scotland. Although composed info of a charter for the modern community was shed, evidence suggested that this existed as one of the many homes possessed by the Earls of Fife by 1294. During the center of the 14th century, the burgh began to pay custom-mades on gross incomes, which most likely indicated that royal burgh standing was approved sometime between 1294 and 1328. The earliest document, referring to the royal burgh, was a give by Robert II in 1381 to offer a port at Guardbridge on the River Eden to aid enhance trade with Flanders. This grant was officially identified by James II in 1428.