LESTOFF, or LEOSTOFF, a town of Suffolk in England, seated on the sea shore, 117 miles north-east of London. It is concerned in the fisheries of the North sea, cod, herrings, mackerels, and sprats; has a church and a dissenting meeting-house; and for its security, fix 18 pounders, which they can move as occasion requires; but it has no battery. The town consists of 500 houses; but the streets, though tolerably paved, are narrow. The coast is there very dangerous for strangers.
L'ESTRANGE, SIR ROGER, a celebrated writer in the 17th century, was descended from an ancient family, seated at Hunstanton-hall in the county of Norfolk, where he was born in 1616, being the youngest son of Sir Hammond L'Estrange, Bart. a zealous royalist. Having in 1644 obtained a commission from King Charles I. for reducing Lynn in Norfolk, then in possession of the parliament, his design was discovered, and his person seized. He was tried by a court-martial at Guildhall in London, and condemned to die as a spy; but was reprieved, and continued in Newgate for some time. He afterwards went beyond sea; and in August 1653 returned to England, where he applied.