gazette_deceased_estates
Pack: uk-gazette · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uk-gazette/mcp
Search UK deceased-estates notices in The Gazette (Trustee Act 1925 s.27 notices) — executors advertise a death so creditors and claimants can come forward before the estate is distributed. Used for probate research, tracing an estate, checking whether a death notice was placed, and finding the claim deadline. Filter by name, date of death, claim expiry date, or location. Example: gazette_deceased_estates({ name: “John Smith”, died_after: “2026-01-01” })
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | no | Name of the deceased person |
died_after | string | no | Earliest date of death, YYYY-MM-DD |
died_before | string | no | Latest date of death, YYYY-MM-DD |
claim_expires_after | string | no | Earliest claim-expiry date, YYYY-MM-DD (find estates still open to claims by setting this to today) |
claim_expires_before | string | no | Latest claim-expiry date, YYYY-MM-DD |
location | string | no | UK postcode or town/city name to search around (needs distance_miles, default 5) |
distance_miles | number | no | Radius in miles around location (default 5) |
page | number | no | Results page, starting at 1 |
limit | number | no | Results per page, 1-50 (default 10) |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uk-gazette/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"gazette_deceased_estates","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"uk-gazette": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uk-gazette/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.