Cupar Castle
Cupar Castle is a disused royal castle in Cupar in the Scottish county of Fife . Today there are no remains of it above ground.
history
The Earls of Fife had the castle built in the 11th century. The wife of King Alexander III. , Margaret , died on February 26, 1275 within the walls of the castle.
King Edward I of England took the castle with his troops in 1296 and stayed there. In 1306, Scottish troops led by Robert Wishart attacked and besieged the English garrison in the castle. Wishart was captured by the English at Cupar.
In 1308 , on his way back from the coronation of King Edward II of England , the constable of Cupar Castle, Sir Thomas Gray , was ambushed by a henchman of Robert Bruce named Walter de Bickerton . Though clearly outnumbered, Thomas Gray defeated Bickerton's men through the use of cavalry and by pretending to be a larger number of fighters.
In May 1336, English forces, led by John de Strivelyn, horrified the castle's English garrison after chasing away the Scottish troops under Sir Andrew Murray who were besieging the castle. The castle was handed over to the Scots in 1339 by the English constable, Sir William Bullock .
The Stewart of Fife's court sat at this castle until 1425.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Ashley: British Kings & Queens . Caroll & Graf, 2002. ISBN 0-7867-1104-31. P. 492.
- ↑ a b Herbert Maxwell: Scalacronica; The reigns of Edward I, Edward II and Edward III as Recorded by Sir Thomas Gray . James Maclehose & Sons, Glasgow 1907. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 19 ′ 12.4 " N , 3 ° 0 ′ 34.8" W.