John Peele (fl. 1716? – 1770)
John Peele, bookseller and publisher at Locke's-Head between the two Temple Gates in Fleet Street (1718); at Locke's-Head in Amen Corner, Paternoster Row (1722–1771).
A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)
PEELE (JOHN), bookseller in London, Locke's Head in Paternoster Row, 1722–71. Referred to by Nichols as "a very considerable bookseller". He died on September 8th, 1771. [Lit. Anecd. ill. 737.] In 1722 he published a sermon by George Stubbes.
Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)
PEELE, JOHN. Bookseller at Locke's Head, in Paternoster Row, from 1722 to 1771. He was one of the best known publishers in the metropolis. Dr. Plomer makes no mention of his activities before 1722, and seems to imply that it was then that he first set up business; but from press advertisements it is clear that he had a shop at Locke's Head in Fleet Street as early as 1720, in which year he published a novel entitled 'The Passionate Lover.' When he shifted to Paternoster Row he adopted his old sign, a frequent practice amongst tradesmen of that day.
—Frederick T. Wood, 26 September 1931
PEELE, JOHN. He was at Locke's Head in Fleet Street as early as 1718 (Hilton Price's 'Signs of Fleet Street'). He seems to have moved to the same sign in Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, in 1721, when he published, in volume form, the first year's issues of the Independent Whig.
—Ambrose Heal, 21 November 1931