Sentence:  There, before the high altar, as the choir's voices soared upwards to the blue, star-flecked ceiling, Henry knelt and made his offering of a ‘<WSD>noble</WSD> in gold', 6s 8d. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. (from 14th c.)