This ordinance for tournament armor is dated to the reign of Edward II (1307-1327) per the The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Volume 13, which also includes an early English translation.
https://books.google.com/books?id=iTgGA ... yt&f=false
The same list appears in Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, where he lists sources for the original French, including du Cange, pp. 104-8.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Sy8VA ... II&f=false
The rules and challenge are issued by Perceval de Warenne, et al.. John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey or Warenne had a large number of illegitimate children, and was excommunicated for his adultery. Several appear in his will, but Perceval isn't among them. It could be that Perceval died before his father, or was an imposter, or was a pseudonym used in the challenge to evoke Arthurian myths. The armor requirements appear at the end of the rules.
c.1315 Tournament Rules of Perceval de Warenne, et al.
C'est la maniere et l'ordonnance, et comment on foulloit faire anciennement les tournois. ……….
This is the manner and rules, and how we formally want the tournament.....
Premierement, un harnois de jambes couvert de cuir cousu à esguillettes au long de la jambe, jusques au genouil, et deux attaches larges pour attacher à son barruier et souleres valuës attachez aux gruës.
First, a harness of jambers covered with sewn leather with points closing the length of the jamber, up to the knee, and two wide straps for attaching its gates(?) and valued solerets attached to the greaves. (laced and buckled shut?) (barrière - fence, gate, barricade,etc. - perhaps the back half of the greaves?)
Item, cuisses et poullains de cuir, armoiez de Varennes des armes au chevalier.
Item, cuisses and poleyns of leather, with the arms of the knight of Warenne.
Item, une chausse de mailles pardessus le harnois de jambes, attachée au brayer comme dit est, par dessus les cuisses, et uns esperons dorez, qui font attachez à une cordelette autour de la jambe, afin que la molette ne tourne dessous le pied.
Item, a chausse of mail beneath the harness of jambers, attached to the brayer, as aforesaid, beneath the cuisses, and golden spurs, which are attached with a cord around the lower leg, so that the rowel does not turn beneath the foot.
Item, uns anciens, et unes espaulieres.
Item, an antique(?), and a shoulder defense.
Item, paus et manchez qui sont attachez à la cuirie et la cuirie, à tout ses esgrappes fur les espaules, et une seurseliere sur le pis d'avant.
Item, a mail paunce and sleeves which are attached to the cuirie and the cuirie, all with the clusters for the shoulders, and a sister strap(?) on the breast in front.
Item, bracheres à tout les houson, et le han escuçon de la banniere fur le col couvert de cuir, avec les tonneres pour les attacher au braier à la cuirie: et fur le bacinet une coiffe de mailles, et un bel orfroy pardevant le front qui veult.
Item, bracers which are all enclosed(?), and the han escutcheon for the banner of the sewn leather cover(?) for the attachment of the braier with the cuirie: and the bascinet and hood of mail, and a beautiful orphrey is placed in front of that. (A difficult passage.)
Item, bracellets attachez aux espaules à la cuirie.
Item, bracellets (rerebraces?) attached to the shoulders of the cuirie.
Item, un heaume, et le tymbre, tel comme il voudra.
Item, a helmet, and tymbre, such as he likes. (achievement, crest)
Item, deux chaînes à attachier à la poitrine de la cuirie, une pour l'espee, et l'autre pour le baston en deux visieres pour le heaume attacher.
Item, two chains which attach to the breast of the cuirie, one for the sword, and the other for the club and two visors to attach to the helm.
Item, le harnois de l escuyer fera tout pareil, excepte qu'il ne doit avoir nulles chauces de maille, ne coiffètte de maille sur le bacinet, mais doit avoir un chappeau de Montauban, et fi ne doit avoir nulles bracheres, et des autres choses peut s'armer comme un chevalier, et ne doit point avoir de sautour à sa selle.
Item, the harness for the suires will be the same, except they will have no mail chausses, nor coifette of mail on the bascinet, but mast have a Montauban kettle hat, and shall have no bracers, and in other things can be armed like a knight, and must not have a sautour with his saddle.
