In 1369, a John Scarborough was Lord of the Manor and is believed to have lived at Glusburn Old Hall! Then in the sixteenth century, the estate was sold partly to John Currer of Kildwick Hall, but also to William Garforth of Steeton. In 1379, it is recorded that 23 people in Glusburn paid a Poll Tax to Richard III. However in 1587, smallpox decimated the village population.

Towards the end of the seventeenth century, Vestry Rule (rule by the Church) came in and Glusburn was one of the townships under Kildwick Parish. Each township levied a Poor Rate, a Highway Rate and any other, requested by a small body of men, responsible to John Currer. To carry out the tasks Glusburn had its own constable, surveyor of highways and overseer of the poor.