AFAIK, puttees, even Russian ones, only go from the ankle to the knee.

Prior to the puttee, the gaiter and the spat would have been the ankle to knee protection of choice, but not footwear and even less flexible - usually a single piece of leather or canvas with laces or buttons.

This 1868 book seems to mention possibly multiple layers of footwear, stocking inside sock inside vampey?? inside shoe???: http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text...HA6127.0001.001

The circa 1537 Holbein portrait seems to show Henry VIII wearing stockings or else he has very smooth, pale legs : http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1535h/02henry8.html