Short answers, pulled from the story.
Thomas Cromwell was born by or around the 1485th year in Putney, a village in Surrey that provided a ferry service across the Thames upstream from London. No record survives of his childhood days in Putney, and it is unknown whether he was ever sent to school or had to serve an apprenticeship.
Thomas Cromwell orchestrated the Dissolution of the Monasteries and visitations to the universities and colleges in 1535, which resulted in the dispersal and destruction of many books deemed popish and superstitious. He directed the campaign to discredit the papacy and managed the legislation necessary to make a formal break of England's remaining ties with Rome.
Thomas Cromwell was publicly beheaded on Tower Hill on the 28th of July 1540, on the same day as the King's marriage to Catherine Howard. He was condemned to death without trial, lost all his titles and property, and his head was set on a spike on London Bridge.
Thomas Cromwell had a son named Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, and an illegitimate daughter called Jane. His daughters Anne and Grace are believed to have died not long after their mother, possibly due to the sweating sickness.
Thomas Cromwell was arrested at a Council meeting at Westminster on the 10th of June 1540 and accused of various charges including supporting Anabaptists and plotting to marry King Henry's daughter Mary. The King's anger at being manoeuvered into marrying Anne of Cleves provided the opportunity for Cromwell's conservative opponents to displace him.