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Cupar is a community, previous royal burgh and church in Fife, Scotland. It lies in between Dundee and also Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the 9th largest settlement in Fife, as well as the civil church a population of 11,183 (in 2011). It is the historic county town of Fife, although the council currently rests at Glenrothes. The town is thought to have actually grown around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the sheriff and was owned by the earls of Fife. The location ended up being a centre for judiciary as the county of Fife and as a market town providing for both livestock and also sheep. Towards the last phases of the 13th century, the burgh ended up being the website of a setting up of the 3 estates – clergy, the aristocracy and citizens – organised by Alexander III in 1276 as a precursor of the Parliament of Scotland. Although written details of a charter for the contemporary community was shed, proof recommended that this existed as one of the many homes had by the Earls of Fife by 1294. Throughout the middle of the 14th century, the burgh began to pay customizeds on gross incomes, which possibly suggested that royal burgh standing was approved at some time in between 1294 and 1328. The oldest document, 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 increase trade with Flanders. This grant was officially identified by James II in 1428.