Richard Whiting

Richard Whiting may refer to:

Richard Whiting (rugby league)

Richard Whiting is an English professional rugby league footballer for Hull F.C. of Super League. An England international representative three-quarter back, he has played his entire professional career to date at Hull, with whom he won the 2005 Challenge Cup.

A former Featherstone Rovers player in the British rugby league National League One, being voted young player of the year, before moving to Super League club Hull.

Although Whiting Signed for Hull as a Stand-off, he plays a utility role in the squad and has covered positions such as stand-off, centre, wing and fullback. Throughout his career he has struggled to shake off 'a poor mans Carl Ablett' tag.

In 2005 he made 24 appearances during the season and also won the young player of the year. Whiting played for Hull at centre in the 2005 Challenge Cup final, scoring a try in the victory over the Leeds Rhinos. Hull reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St Helens RLFC and Whiting played from the interchange bench in his side's 4-26 loss.

Richard Whiting (abbot)

Blessed Richard Whiting (1461 – 15 November 1539) was an English clergyman and the last Abbot of Glastonbury.

Whiting presided over Glastonbury Abbey at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536–1541) under King Henry VIII of England. The king had him executed after his conviction for treason for remaining loyal to Rome. He is considered a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church, which beatified him on 13 May 1895.

Early Life

Whiting attended the University of Cambridge, graduating with an M.A. in 1483.

Career

Whiting was ordained deacon in 1500 and priest in 1501. After the death of the Abbot of Glastonbury, Richard Beere, in February 1525, the community elected his successor per formam compromissi, which elevates the selection to a higher ranking personage — in this case Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Wolsey obtained King Henry's permission to act and chose Richard Whiting. The first ten years of Whiting's rule were prosperous and peaceful. He was a sober and caring spiritual leader and a good manager of the abbey's day-to-day life. Contemporary accounts show that Whiting was held in very high esteem.