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resource="http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/id/issues/65122/notices/5172185" typeof="gaz:Notice"></span></div>			<dl class="metadata"><dt>Notice category:</dt><dd data-ui-class="category">Personal Legal</dd><dt>Notice type:</dt><dd data-ui-class="notice-type">Deceased Estates</dd><dt data-gazettes="earliestpublicationdate">Earliest publication date:</dt><dd about="noticeid:" content="2026-07-10T15:30:12" data-required="true" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="gaz:hasPublicationDate"><time datetime="2026-07-10T15:30:12">10 July 2026</time></dd><dt>Claim expires:</dt><dd about="this:notifiableThing" datatype="xsd:date" property="personal-legal:hasClaimDeadline">2026-09-11</dd><dt>Edition:</dt><dd>The <span about="edition:" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:editionName">London</span> Gazette</dd><dt>Notice ID:</dt><dd about="noticeid:" property="gaz:hasNoticeID">5172185</dd><dt>Notice code:</dt><dd about="noticeid:" datatype="xsd:integer" property="gaz:hasNoticeCode">2903</dd><dt>Issue number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/65122" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasIssueNumber">65122</dd><dt>Page number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/5172185" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasPageNumber">13878</dd></dl>			<div about="this:notifiableThing" class="content" data-gazettes="Notice" data-gazettes-type="2903">				<div class="full-form">					<div class="error-list"></div>										<dl data-gazettes="Notice Details">											</dl>					<dl></dl>					<div about="this:notifiableThing" data-gazettes="Deceased details" property="personal-legal:hasEstateOf" resource="this:deceasedPerson">						<dl><dt>Deceased Surname:</dt><dd about="this:deceasedPerson" data-required="true" datatype="xsd:string" property="foaf:familyName">Drake</dd><dt>Deceased First name:</dt><dd about="this:deceasedPerson" data-required="true" datatype="xsd:string" property="foaf:firstName">Alan</dd><dt>Deceased Middle name(s):</dt><dd about="this:deceasedPerson" property="foaf:givenName">William John</dd><dt>Deceased Title:</dt><dd about="this:deceasedPerson" property="foaf:title">Mr</dd><dt>Previous name/any other name/also known as name:</dt><dd about="this:deceasedPerson" data-button="true" data-class-inner="add-names more" data-class-outer="add-names-link" data-name="add-more-names" data-title="Add more names" datatype="xsd:string" property="person:alsoKnownAs">ALAN W DRAKE, ALAN W DRAKE</dd><dt>Date of Death:</dt><dd about="this:deceasedPerson" datatype="xsd:date" property="personal-legal:dateOfDeath">2025-10-04</dd></dl>					</div>					<div about="this:deceasedPerson" property="person:hasAddress" resource="this:deceased-address-1"><dl><dt>Address Line 1:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-1" data-required="true" data-ui-class="addressLine1" property="vcard:street-address" typeof="vcard:Address">Tenterden House Nursing Home, Lye Lane, Bricket Wood</dd><dt>Town:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-1" data-ui-class="locality" property="vcard:locality">St Albans</dd><dt>County:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-1" data-ui-class="region" property="vcard:region">Hertfordshire</dd><dt>Postcode:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-1" data-required="true" data-ui-class="postcode" property="vcard:postal-code">AL2 3TN</dd></dl></div><div about="this:deceasedPerson" property="person:hasAddress" resource="this:deceased-address-2"><dl><dt>Address Line 1:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-2" data-required="true" data-ui-class="addressLine1" property="vcard:street-address" typeof="vcard:Address">Cleveland, North Orbital Road</dd><dt>Town:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-2" data-ui-class="locality" property="vcard:locality">St Albans</dd><dt>County:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-2" data-ui-class="region" property="vcard:region">Hertfordshire</dd><dt>Postcode:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-2" data-required="true" data-ui-class="postcode" property="vcard:postal-code">AL2 2DU</dd></dl></div><div about="this:deceasedPerson" property="person:hasAddress" resource="this:deceased-address-3"><dl><dt>Address Line 1:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-3" data-required="true" data-ui-class="addressLine1" property="vcard:street-address" typeof="vcard:Address">Copsewood, Lye Lane, Bricket Wood</dd><dt>Town:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-3" data-ui-class="locality" property="vcard:locality">St Albans</dd><dt>County:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-3" data-ui-class="region" property="vcard:region">HErtfordshire</dd><dt>Postcode:</dt><dd about="this:deceased-address-3" data-required="true" data-ui-class="postcode" property="vcard:postal-code">AL2 3TB</dd></dl></div>															<div about="this:notifiableThing" data-gazettes="Executors Details" property="personal-legal:hasPersonalRepresentative" resource="this:estateExecutor-1">					  <dl><dt>Executor/Administrator Company Name: </dt><dd about="this:estateExecutor-1" data-required="true" datatype="xsd:string" property="foaf:name">Sherrards Solicitors LLP</dd></dl>												<div about="this:estateExecutor-1" property="vcard:adr" resource="this:addressOfExecutor-1"><dl><dt>Address 1:</dt><dd about="this:addressOfExecutor-1" property="vcard:street-address" typeof="vcard:Address">4 Beaconsfield Road</dd><dt>Town:</dt><dd about="this:addressOfExecutor-1" property="vcard:locality">St Albans</dd><dt>Postcode:</dt><dd about="this:addressOfExecutor-1" property="vcard:postal-code">AL1 3RD</dd></dl></div>						<dl><dt>Reference Number: </dt><dd about="this:notifiableThing" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:claimNumber">DNM/BON002-1/Drake</dd></dl>					</div>					<dl><dt>Claims Date:</dt><dd about="this:notifiableThing" datatype="xsd:date" property="personal-legal:hasClaimDeadline">2026-09-11</dd></dl>				</div>			</div>			<section>				<p>Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 27 (Deceased Estates) of the Trustee Act 1925, that any person having a claim against or an interest in the estate of any of the deceased persons whose names and addresses are set out above is hereby required to send particulars in writing of his claim or interest to the person or persons whose names and addresses are set out above, and to send such particulars before the date specified in relation to that deceased person displayed above, after which date the personal representatives will distribute the estate among the persons entitled thereto having regard only to the claims and interests of which they have had notice and will not, as respects the property so distributed, be liable to any person of whose claim they shall not then have had notice.<span about="" datatype="" property="" resource="" typeof=""></span></p>			</section>		</article>	<section class="summary"><dl><dt>Address of Deceased</dt><dd>Tenterden House Nursing Home, Lye Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans, AL2 3TN</dd><dt>Date of Claim Deadline</dt><dd><time datetime="2026-09-11"></time></dd></dl></section></body></html>