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Cupar, General
Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cupar, General
Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 31533
Site Number NO31SE 5
NGR NO 37 14
NGR Description Centred at NO 37 14
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31533
- Council Fife
- Parish Cupar
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO31SE 5 centred 37 14
NO 37 14. Cupar: The earliest known document referring to the burgh of Cupar is a grant by Robert II, confirming to the burgesses their right to a free port at the water of Motray. The grant is dated at Dunfermline, on June 28th 1381. 'There is ample evidence, however, that Cupar was a regularly constituted burgh long before that time.'
In 1344, Duncan, Earl of Fife, obtained a gift of the coquet of the burgh of Cupar from David II, so that the town must have hald a charter from the king at that date, 'and it is not unlikely that it may have been one of the numerous royal burghs erected by William the Lion towards the close of the 12th century.'
The importance of the town in early times is shown indirectly by the fact that in 1276, Alexander III held an assembly there for the purpose of discussing affairs of state, and in 1357, Nicholas, rector of the schools in the burgh, became surety that Cupar would pay part of the ransom of David II.
When a contribution was made in 1435 for the expenses of the king, Cupar ranked next to Edinburgh and there can be little doubt that it was one of the leading burghs in the east of Scotland.
A H Millar 1895.
Cupar. Photographed by the RCAHMS in 1980.
Visible on RCAHMS air photographs F7902-8, 7988-92.
REFERENCE:
Prospect. Summer 1960 - article
Photographic Survey (1956 - 1957)
Photographs of buildings in Cupar, Fife, by the Scottish National Buildings Record 1956-1957.
Photographic Survey (September 1960)
Photographic survey of buildings in Cupar by the Scottish National Buildings Record in September 1960.
Photographic Survey (1967)
Photographs of buildings in Cupar, Fife, by RCAHMS in 1967.
