the coat of arms granted to sir thomas musgrave in the reign of edward iii (1327 - 1377) depicts six gold annulets, three, two and one, on a red shield. the first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of alan de musegrave, which was dated 1228, in the "curia rolls of northumberland". a branch of the family lived in the mansion of edenhall - a mythology probably based on tennyson's poem "the luck of eden hall" whose fortune was assured by a lucky glass beaker which survived from the 14th century — the luck of edenhall.