So I got a new hauberk a while back, and it is riveted, and there is no problem of bunched-up sleeves. I have been going bare-handed on this kit, and I think it's actually looking pretty good. In the end, however, I think I really want to have the fingered maille gloves. I am particularly torn over this matter, because I want to retain the look of a knight fighting under Richard the Lionheart. On the other hand, I really like the look of the maille gauntlet with fingers, which I fear didn't come around until the 13th century.

This appears to be the earliest reference to fingered maille gauntlets I could find, and to be honest I'm not 100% sure when it dates from.
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I've heard many say it's from the early 13th century, but I've heard others say it's from the late 12th century. If the latter is true, then I'm golden, seeing as how Richard died in 1199. If it is indeed from the 13th century, but still early in the century I might be able to get away with wearing them.

Onto the next problem. I can't, for the life of me, find a place that sells riveted fingered gauntlets. Does anybody know any places that sell them?

http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanusc...Start=5102

British Library lists the manuscript as being from 1201-1225. however, there are five inserted miniatures including folio 32r which they date to the last quarter of the 12th century, 1176-1200. Circa 1200 is a moderating call on the dating +/- 25 years, with Becket being martyred in 1170.

The problem regarding the original query remains. We have pictures of 13th century gloves, but not of 12th century ones. It is certain that mail mittens and fingered gauntlets appear on the end of the hauberk sleeves during the last 3rd of the 12th century, but we have zero evidence for leather gloves. I'm sure someone will step up here to argue that something must have been worn between the mail and the hand, but can they provide any evidence for how that something was constructed or shaped in the 12th century?