12th century English is as far as I got, but I need something more specific. I'm picky about detail and want to be sure what I'm writing about is accurate. It can be from any point in his life, though the more famous battles are preferable and far more likely to have been recorded in some way.
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The knights in Richard's day wore chain mail. This was worn over a quilted, padded, knee length garment.When someone is hitting you with sharp heavy objects you want some padding under the mail that was stopping the objects. Under that he may wear a loincloth. Over the mail he wore a sleeveless linen garment, the surcoat, adorned with his heraldic charge. In his case the three leopards of England. In the Holy Lands he did wear The Crusaders cross in red on a a pure white surcoat.His head would have been covered with a coif, a hood of mail attached to his mail coat. This was important because all that mail was heavy and rested on the shoulders and now the head.Over this was the helmet, one of the most popular was the Templar model. It was flat topped cylinder with an open face. This allowed for better viewing of the battle. At this time facial protection was a nasal bar or complete encasement of the face with limited eyeholes (see earlier Viking and Norman designs.
Thanks, that was exactly what I needed and more.