Cupar
Cupar is a community, former royal burgh as well as parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population quote, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth biggest 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 currently sits at Glenrothes. The town is believed to have actually grown around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the sheriff as well as was possessed by the earls of Fife. The area became a centre for judiciary as the area of Fife and also as a market town providing for both livestock and sheep. Towards the latter stages of the 13th century, the burgh ended up being the website of a setting up of the 3 estates - clergy, the aristocracy and also burgesses - organised by Alexander III in 1276 as a precursor of the Parliament of Scotland. Although written info of a charter for the modern-day community was lost, proof suggested that this existed as one of the many residential properties possessed by the Earls of Fife by 1294. During the center of the 14th century, the burgh started to pay custom-mades on taxable incomes, which possibly suggested that royal burgh condition was given at some time in 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 help boost trade with Flanders. This grant was officially acknowledged by James II in 1428.