 Kunyange zvazvo uchapupu hwekare hwokuti vanhu vaigara muDundee hwakawanda, kubudirira kweDundee uye kukura kwaro sechiteshi chengarava kunonzi kwakavapo nemhaka yemutemo waWilliam Shumba, uyo akapa Dundee kumunununa wake, David akazova Earl weHuntingdon mukupera kwezana remakore rechi12. Mamiriro ezvinhu eguta uye kusimudzirwa kwaro naEarl David senzvimbo yekutengesa kwakatungamira kunguva yekubudirira uye kukura. Zita rokuti earldom rakapfuudzwa kuvazukuru vaDhavhidhi, pakati pavo paiva naJohn Balliol. Guta racho rakava Royal Burgh pakugadzwa kwaJohn samambo muna 1292. Guta racho nenhare yaro zvakatorwa nemauto eEngland kwemakore anoverengeka mukati meHondo Yokutanga yeRusunungukouye yakatorwazve naRobert the Bruce mukuvamba kwa 1312. Magwaro okutanga eBurghal akarasika panguva yokurwiswa uye akazovandudzwa naBruce muna 1327. 