`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

Arguments

{
  "name": "John Smith",
  "died_after": "2023-01-01"
}

curl

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":{"name":"John Smith","died_after":"2023-01-01"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('gazette_deceased_estates', {
  "name": "John Smith",
  "died_after": "2023-01-01"
});

More examples

{
  "location": "London",
  "distance_miles": 5,
  "claim_expires_after": "2024-12-01",
  "limit": 15
}

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.

gazette_deceased_estates