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Hello Dianna,
I think that a change of name is more likely to be down to an incident of genealogy and any changes made to heraldry (if any) merely as a consequence of a change of name. What I mean is; a coat of arms will not give you the reason why a person changed his name (with the sole exception of a possible "name and arms" clause in a Will).
It seems to me that if you have found proof (genealogically speaking) that your ancestor started off as Musgrave and after marrying a Martindale ended up changing his name to Martindale then you have the facts - the fact being that he was born a Musgrave but after marrying a Martindale he changed his name. Why he did so is either recorded somewhere or it is not.
Usually when a person marries they impale the arms of their spouse and it is their children who quarter the arms with the first and third quarters being the main family name and the second and fourth quarters being those brought into the family by the heiress however if the husband takes the name of his wife because hers was the important estate then the quarterings are moved so that the arms of the retained surname takes pride of place.
This does not of course answer your question "How did my ancestors become Martindales?" This is down to genealogy alone.
Regards,
Martin
http://armorial-register.com
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