Cupar Muir

Cupar Muir is a small settlement consisting of a few roads and around 35 houses. It is situated beside the town of Cupar in Fife. Scottish ReformationJohn Knox and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie described a confrontation during the Scottish Reformation at Cupar Muir in June 1559. The Protestant Lords of the Congregation opposed the French troops of Mary of Guise commanded by Henri Cleutin and a Scottish force led by James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault. Following the Reformation riots at Perth, the French troops were marching towards St. Andrews from Falkland. On 13 June a Protestant force of 3, 000 assembled at Cupar Muir to prevent the French reaching Cupar. The Protestants were led by the half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots, Lord James, Lord Ruthven, the Earl of Rothes, the Lothian lairds of Ormiston, Calder, Haltoun, Restalrig, and Colstoun, with men from Dundee, St. Andrews and Cupar. Knox wrote it seemed as if "men had rained from the clouds. " Master James Hamilton (Halyburton), Provost of Dundee, chose their position on the Muir to give the best advantage with their guns.

Cupar Muir is a small settlement consisting of a few roads and around 35 houses. It is situated beside the town of Cupar in Fife. Scottish ReformationJohn Knox and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie described a confrontation during the Scottish Reformation at Cupar Muir in June 1559. The Protestant Lords of the Congregation opposed the French troops of Mary of Guise commanded by Henri Cleutin and a Scottish force led by James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault. Following the Reformation riots at Perth, the French troops were marching towards St. Andrews from Falkland. On 13 June a Protestant force of 3, 000 assembled at Cupar Muir to prevent the French reaching Cupar. The Protestants were led by the half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots, Lord James, Lord Ruthven, the Earl of Rothes, the Lothian lairds of Ormiston, Calder, Haltoun, Restalrig, and Colstoun, with men from Dundee, St. Andrews and Cupar. Knox wrote it seemed as if "men had rained from the clouds. " Master James Hamilton (Halyburton), Provost of Dundee, chose their position on the Muir to give the best advantage with their guns.