John Stagg (fl. 1716? – 1746)
John Stagg, bookseller in Westminster Hall, 1716(?)–46.
A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)
STAGG (JOHN), bookseller in London, Westminster Hall, 1716(?)–46. The following notices in the General Advertiser of September 20th and 27th, 1746, contain all the information met with concerning this bookseller: "Yesterday morning [September 19th], died, at his house in Old Palace Yard, Westminster, after a long and tedious indisposition in the 52nd year of his age, Mr. John Stagg, who has been near 30 years an eminent bookseller in Westminster Hall." "Last night [September 26th] the corps of Mr. John Stagg, ... was interr'd ... in the Cloysters belonging to Westminster Abbey."
Notes & Queries "London Booksellers Series" (1931–2)
STAGG, JOHN. Of Westminster Hall. He died on Sept. 18, 1746, up to which date he had been carrying on his business. According to an obituary notice in the General Advertiser of Sept. 19, 1746, he had been a bookseller for thirty years, so he must have set up his business in 1716; but the earliest reference to him I have been able to discover is in 1721.
—Frederick T. Wood, 17 October 1931
STAGG, JOHN. As information concerning this Westminster Hall bookseller is so scanty—Plomer confesses that he has met with nothing save his obituary notice in the General Advertiser—it may be worth mentioning that his imprints are found on Defoe's 'Tour of Great Britain' (1724) and William Somerville's burlesque poem, 'Hobbinol,' (1740?)
—Ambrose Heal, 5 December 1931